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Bronze Fortuna/Tyche

Roman

Bronze Fortuna/Tyche
Circa 300 A.D.
1 ¾" x 4 ¾" x 1 ¾"
*Rudder Missing From Right Hand

Fortuna was personified as the goddess of luck, happy fate, and good fortune.
In this statue the goddess is holding a rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left.
The rudder signified that she guides the destiny of the world; the cornucopia,
that she was the provider of abundance. She was known as Tyche to the Greeks
and was worshipped extensively throughout the Roman Empire.

$895.00
attached to custom stand


 

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