Tyche

TYKHE was the goddess or spirit of fortune, chance, providence and fate. She was usually honoured in a more favourable light as Eutykhia, goddess of good fortune, luck, success and prosperity.

Tykhe was represented with different 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 (Fates); with a ball she represented the varying unsteadiness of fortune--unsteady and capable of rolling in any direction; with Ploutos or the horn of Amalthea, she was the symbol of the plentiful gifts of fortune.

Nemesis (Fair Distribution) was cautiously regarded as the downside of Tykhe, one who provided a check on extravagant favours conferred by fortune. The pair were often depicted as companions in Greek vase painting. In the vase (right) Nemesis (Indignation) with her arm around Tykhe (Fortune) points an accusing fingure at Helene, who Aphrodite has persuaded to elope with Paris.

Hadrianus

126 - 127 A.D.
year 10 - I
23mm x 23mm, 13.04 g.
Obv. - Hadrianus bust right:

Rev. - Tyche

Antoninus Pius

141 - 142 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
23mm x 23mm, 13.43 g.
Obv. - Antoninus Pius bust left:

Rev. - Tyche, 1

Antoninus Pius

141 - 142 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
22mm x 23mm, 13.04 g.
Obv. - Antoninus Pius bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 2

Antoninus Pius

153 - 154 A.D.
year 16 - IS
22mm x 22mm, 12.63 g.
Obv. - Antoninus Pius bust left:

Rev. - Tyche, 3

Marcus Aurelius

164 - 165 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
22mm x 22mm, 12.99 g.
Obv. - Marcus Aurelius bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 1

Marcus Aurelius

165 - 166 A.D.
year 5 - Є
22mm x 22mm, 12.65 g.
Obv. - Marcus Aurelius bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 2

Faustina II

167 - 168 A.D.
year 7 - Z of Marcus Aurelius
22mm x 22mm, 12.31 g.
Obv. - Faustina II bust right:

Rev. - Tyche

Lucius Verus

164 - 165 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
23mm x 23mm, 13.76 g.
Obv. - Lucius Verus bust right:

Rev. - Tyche , 1

Lucius Verus

164 - 165 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
22mm x 22mm, 12.51 g.
Obv. - Lucius Verus bust right:

Rev. - Tyche , 2

Commodus

180 - 181 A.D.
year 21 - KA
22mm x 22mm, 12.00 g.
Obv. - Commodus bust right:

Rev. - Tyche

Julia Paula

220 - 221 A.D.
year 3 - Γ
21mm x 21mm, 11.45 g.
Obv. - Julia Paula bust right:

Rev. - Tyche

Severus Alexander

223 - 224 A.D.
year 2 - B
23mm x 23mm, 14.36 g.
Obv. - Severus Alexander bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 1

Severus Alexander

232 - 233 A.D.
year 11 - IA
23mm x 23mm, 13.44 g.
Obv. - Severus Alexander bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 2

Gordianus I

238 A.D.
year 1 - A
23mm x 23mm, 13.85 g.
Obv. - Gordianus I bust right:

Rev. - Tyche

Gordianus III

241 - 242 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
22mm x 22mm, 12.42 g.
Obv. - Gordianus III bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 1

Gordianus III

242 - 243 A.D.
year 5 - Є
22mm x 22mm, 12.85 g.
Obv. - Gordianus III bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 2

Gordianus III

243 - 244 A.D.
year 6 - ς or S
22mm x 23mm, 13.05 g.
Obv. - Gordianus III bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 3

Philippus I

248 - 249 A.D.
year 5 - Є
22mm x 22mm, 12.39 g.
Obv. - Philippus I bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 1

Philippus I

245 - 246 A.D.
year 2 - B
24mm x 24mm, 11.07 g.
Obv. - Philippus I bust right:

Rev. - Tyche, 2