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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 420-400 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 8.04 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in sphendone; [tiny Π behind neck], 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 65 (dies EE/δδδ); Holloway & Jenkins 62 (same obv. die as illustration); HN Italy 2617; SNG ANS 840 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 752 (same dies); Hunterian 16 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 277 (same obv. die). Old collection tone, with slight iridescence, minor die wear on obverse, light graffiti in field on reverse. Good VF. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold R. Saslow, October 1987.
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. 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.”
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