# Coin Depicting the Goddess Tyche

- By: Ancient Roman
- Date: 253-268 (?)
- Medium: Bronze
- Classification: Coin
- Dimensions: Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Culture: Rome
- Credit line: Gift of William F. Dunham
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142860)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/80b9f74b-85e0-c636-39e1-974c5ab90b9a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a crowned head of the goddess Tyche, facing right. On the back (reverse) is a galley (warship) with the two star-topped pilei (caps) of the Dioscuri above.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0