BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 400-356 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.71 g, 12h). Good VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 36. Estimated: $ 20 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 37 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 400-356 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.71 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Terina right, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; TEPINAIΩN to right / Nike seated left on plinth, holding out right hand upon which a small bird alights, left hand resting on plinth. Regling, Terina 81e (dies MM/σσσ) = Jameson 493 (this coin); Holloway & Jenkins 84 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 2629; SNG Fitzwilliam 869 (same dies); Dewing 541 (same obv. die). Old cabinet tone. Good VF. Well centered.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 244; Numismatica Genevensis SA VII (27 November 2012), lot 139; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 11; LHS 95 (25 October 2005), lot 488; (Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1913); Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 887; Late Collector’ [Rothschild Collection] (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 28 May 1900), lot 80; Hyman Montagu Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 23 March 1896), lot 84.

The high artistry evident on Terina’s coinage seems out of all proportion to any historical accounts for this city atop the “toe” of Italy, which so thoroughly disappeared from record that no systematic excavations were undertaken on its site until 1997. Its coinage has been known and collected since the Renaissance, where the delicate beauty of its female heads and the graceful seated Nikes were greatly admired. As author R. Holloway noted, “the nymphs of Terina recalled the maidens of the Parthenon frieze and the Victories of the reverses were the numismatic counterparts of the Victories of the Nike Temple balustrade.” Kurt Regling’s 1906 seminal die study on the city features this lovely specimen, which is pedigreed to 1896 and reposed in several of the most famous European collections of the 20th century.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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