Goddess Tyche Ancient Bronze Coin & Emperor Philip I best
$150.00 USD
Ancient Roman Bronze Coin Of Goddess Tyche & Emperor Philip I best known as Philip the Arab year 244 ADTYKHE (Tyche) was the goddess of fortune, chance, providence and fate. She was usually honoured in a more favourable light as Eutykhia (Eutychia), goddess of good fortune, luck, success and prosperity. Tykhe was depicted with a variety of attributes--holding a rudder, she was conceived as the divinity guiding and conducting the affairs of the world, and in this respect she was called one of the Moirai (Moirae, Fates); with a ball she represented the varying unsteadiness of fortune, unsteady and capable of rolling in any direction; with Ploutos (Plutus) or the cornucopia, she was the symbol of the plentiful gifts of fortune. Very nice coin. To see more. press on "Mohamad"
- Status
- live
- Condition
- used
- Category
- Antiques
- Location
- Lebanon, Beirut, Hamra
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