Coin Depicting the Goddess Kybele or Tyche

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting the Goddess Kybele or Tyche

Greek; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Date
2nd-1st century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Smyrna
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a turreted head of the goddess Kybele or Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a statue of Aphrodite Stratonikis facing right, her elbow on a short column, holding Nike.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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