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Stater of Terina with head of Terina
Greek
Classical Period
445–425 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Terina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.51 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.416
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0208.
DescriptionObverse: Head of nymph Terina left in ampyx; hair on crown in series of rolls; plain necklace with pendants.
Olive-wreath border tied below.
Reverse: Nike seated left on overturned hydria; hair rolled; in sleeveless, girdled chiton, himation over legs; left leg forward; in extended right hand, wreath downwards; in lowered left hand, caduceus slanting downwards.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Olive-wreath border tied below.
Reverse: Nike seated left on overturned hydria; hair rolled; in sleeveless, girdled chiton, himation over legs; left leg forward; in extended right hand, wreath downwards; in lowered left hand, caduceus slanting downwards.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 180); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren