Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

2nd-1st century BCE

Greek; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a turreted head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis standing, facing right, with her left hand resting on a short column. The goddess Nike stands in her left hand.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche
Place: Ancient Greece (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 200 BCE–1 BCE
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Reverse: [IM]YP[NAIΩN] [...]
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.6 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of William F. Dunham
Reference Number: 1920.3028
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William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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