# Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Tyche

- By: Ancient Greek (now Syria)
- Date: 80-79 BCE
- Medium: Silver
- Classification: Coin
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Jazirat Arwad
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9717)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/de804c5f-0081-85a1-aee1-cfef8870d290/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the goddess Tyche wearing a turreted crown. On the back (reverse), the goddess Nike stands facing left while holding a palm branch.

In antiquity, the goddess Tyche symbolized cities. Her identifying feature is a crown shaped like the walls of a city. Some cities chose Tyche as their emblem, but often they also selected another divinity as their particular patron and protector.

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