Unidentified sculptor, Three Tyches.
Plaster cast, 19th century?. 985 mm x 920 mm x 120 mm. © Photo: Paul Highnam.
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Three Tyches
After Unidentified sculptor
RA Collection: Art
Tyche was the daughter of Oceanus and was the goddess of Fortune. Since the Hellenistic period each city had its own Tyche, and she was represented as a guardian goddess of city with a crown shaped like the city walls or ramparts.
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985 mm x 920 mm x 120 mm
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