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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2831345, member: 56859&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0000ff">TYCHE</span></b>, goddess of fortune, chance, providence, and fate</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-3-tycheintemple-jpg.626368/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 5 (CE 141/2)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Tyche standing left in distyle temple, holding cornucopia and rudder; L-E</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio pl. 161 #8509 (this coin); Emmett 1688.5, R5</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago; Ex Dattari Collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1853-1923)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%2526hash%253Dbdb870476e9c21acad1da9d5e14ece38%26hash%3D97e9e6bfa93957dab43caec6cf8bfabc&amp;hash=1b9a93525fe39fc0361e878e719a2606" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Berytos</b></p><p>1st century BCE</p><p>Æ19.5, 5.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>Rev: Poseidon standing left in quadriga drawn by four hippocamps Ref: SNG Copenhagen 83</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_850%2Ch_428%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg&amp;hash=80e2d8c45a58f4af6b4e2d06865278a8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus</b></p><p>year 3, CE 269/70</p><p>tetradrachm, 20 mm, 10.2 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKKΛAVΔIOCCEB (In theory: what I can read on this coin doesn&#039;t quite match what the legend is supposed to be. Probably just engraver error or die deterioration); laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L Γ in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3896.3, R4</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the latest depiction of Tyche on an ancient coin, this Tyche of Antioch on coins of Justin I:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/justini-sb111-2-jpg.454185/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/justini-sb111-1-jpg.454186/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Justin I </b></p><p>CE 518-527</p><p>AE Pentanummium, Antioch. Diameter of each is ~13 mm.</p><p>Obv: DN IVSTINVS PP AV; pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated left within columned shrine with half submerged figure of river-god Orontes swimming at her feet; retrograde epsilon to left</p><p>Ref: SB 111, DOC 57[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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