Item: i118106

Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Greek city of Terina in Bruttium
Silver Drachm 15mm (2.25 grams) Struck circa 300 B.C.
Reference: Holloway/Jenkins, Terina 110; HN Italy 2642; HGC 1, 1767.
Head of the nymph Terina to left. TEPINAIΩN before, triskeles behind.
Nike seated to left on plinth, the base shown in perspective, a small bird resting on outstretched right hand, star before.

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Originally a colony of Croton, Terina was founded late in the 6th Century B.C. on a site that has not certainly been identified, but which likely is beneath the modern city of Sant'Eufemia Vetere on the south-western coast of the Italian peninsula. It seems to have remained under the influence of its mother city until 365 B.C., when it came under the dominion of the Lucanians, who nine years later were replaced by the Bruttians. Except for a brief intervention by Alexander the Molossian in about 330/325 B.C., Terina remained under the Bruttian yoke until 203 B.C., when it was razed by the army of Hannibal. If coinage may be taken as a yardstick for civic pride, the spirit of this city remained intact despite its history of continual subjugation to stronger peoples. Its 'independent' silver coinage spans more than 150 years, and with few exceptions its silver coins feature on the obverse a female head, and on the reverse a female figure (usually winged) standing, seated or taking flight. The engravers at Terina demonstrated their creativity by creating a significant variety of styles and sub-types within this comparatively narrow range of subject matter. This coin was struck from one of the most accomplished sets of dies from Terina. The portrait clearly is meant to represent a divinity (most probably the fountain nymph Terina) but in this case the figure on the reverse is not the usual winged figure (Victory or a syncretic figure), but a wingless female. A wingless figure occurs only one other time on the silver coinage of Terina - on the very first issue, on which the figure holds a branch, is contained within a wreath, and is identified by the inscription as Nike; Poole and Head specifically identified her as Nike Apteros. There is less certainty about the figure on this coin, which ultimately Holloway and Jenkins consider a personification of the city itself, being crowned by a small Victory which flies toward her from behind. Since the coinage of Terina has strong agonistic content, we might consider this remarkable composition to celebrate an athletic victory.

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