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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1628653, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH]232261.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232258.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232259.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232262.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you showed heads, I&#039;ll tack on four fuller length women.&nbsp; I&#039;m not always comfortable with the titling of all otherwise unnamed women as Tyche.&nbsp; My Julia Domna (Rome) and Gordian and Serapis (Marcianopolis) above show what I&#039;d say was Magna Mater enthroned.&nbsp; The Gordian and Tranquillina (Singara) might be a city goddess which we could call Tyche.&nbsp; The last from Antioch is labeled Genio Antiochini so could be expected to be the city goddess but is sometimes called Tyche.&nbsp;&nbsp; Tyche is equated with the Roman Fortuna which is more of a personification than a goddess.&nbsp; She is a personification or the city, any city, more like the USA Lady Liberty than a goddess of stature like Cybele or the Great Mother whose position is more universal than localized.&nbsp; Does Tyche mean more than &#039;woman&#039;?&nbsp; Can anyone show a coin that has a legend using the word Tyche? There were magnificent temples to Tyche but I find it odd that she was not named on coins.&nbsp; Comments?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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