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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2276493, member: 56859&quot;]Nice Tyches, eveyrone!&nbsp; Chrsmat, I like yours quite a bit-- Tyche looks very casual in her pose, legs crossed, hand across her lap... and I&#039;ve rarely seen a better bronze of Orontes!</p><p><br /></p><p>Like many of us, I have several of non-Byzantine Tyches.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_506,q_75/ae43f8_521be6e0b7434d70b8a97fbba63c30b8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></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><i>I love this little coin and can&#039;t believe no one else bid on it in that V-auction!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e72b609496ea4243b655e3e359c439e3.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_522,q_75/ae43f8_e72b609496ea4243b655e3e359c439e3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, Seleukeia Pieria</b></p><p>Dated CY 9, 99/98 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 30 mm, 14.81 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; veiled and turreted bust of Tyche right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; filleted thunderbolt on draped throne, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣΙΕΡΑΣ above; Ι (date) and ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ below; all within wreath</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BMC pl. XXXII, 6 var; SNG Copenhagen -; de Luynes 3460 var. (letter on reverse)</p><p><i>I am confused about the date of issue of this coin.&nbsp; It was listed as year 9, 99/98 but I thought the I meant year 10.&nbsp; Callatay&#039;s article (in French and a .pdf) was difficult to follow but it appears that he puts the I + A monogram in year 9, 99/98 BCE and cites six examples found.&nbsp; CNG has one with I + Γ monogram listed as year 9; the I + A coins are listed as year 10.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2f410da0b55747ed8770822c3beb70c6.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_522,q_75/ae43f8_2f410da0b55747ed8770822c3beb70c6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa.&nbsp; Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE27, 15 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M A ANTΩNEINOC; radiate cuirassed bust left, holding shield and raising right hand.</p><p>Rev: AVP ........ EΔECCA; Tyche seated left on rock, holding corn ears; to left a column surmounted by a statue of Marsyas, river god swimming right at feet</p><p>Ref: Mionnet supplement 8, 26. Very rare. Mionnet is the only work which lists this coin with a column on the left.</p><p><i>This one took a long time to attribute but I finally confirmed it in Mionnet&#039;s reference.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Tyche is a common figure on coins of Roman Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_86081a6bc3734f67a9e8a2b6e6ef9e09.jpg/v1/fit/w_850,h_419,q_75/ae43f8_86081a6bc3734f67a9e8a2b6e6ef9e09.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 2, CE 117/8</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTKAICTPAINOC AΔPIANOC; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L-B</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 901(2), R4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg/v1/fit/w_850,h_428,q_75/ae43f8_6d59d7ab8c544e2f974aeba958e2516b.jpg" 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; 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><i>My favorite find in a large mixed lot, Stack&#039;s Bowers Nov. 2013.&nbsp; Tyche is rendered in a particularly artistic manner.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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