Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Terina.
Nomos circa 440-425, AR 7.68 g. Head of nymph Terina l., all within olive wreath Rev. TEPI – NAION Nike seated l. on hydria, holding wreath in extended r. hand. Regling 9. Jameson 468 (these dies). Holloway-Jenkins, Terina 12 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 2575.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the finest specimen in
private hands. Wonderful old cabinet tone and good extremely fine
Ex Santamaria sale 25 October 1951, Signorelli part I, 280. From an Exceptional Collection assembled between the early 70s and late 90s.
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 feature on the obverse a female head, and on the reverse a female figure (usually winged) standing, seated, or taking flight.
Nomos circa 440-425, AR 7.68 g. Head of nymph Terina l., all within olive wreath Rev. TEPI – NAION Nike seated l. on hydria, holding wreath in extended r. hand. Regling 9. Jameson 468 (these dies). Holloway-Jenkins, Terina 12 (these dies). Historia Numorum Italy 2575.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the finest specimen in
private hands. Wonderful old cabinet tone and good extremely fine
Ex Santamaria sale 25 October 1951, Signorelli part I, 280. From an Exceptional Collection assembled between the early 70s and late 90s.
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 feature on the obverse a female head, and on the reverse a female figure (usually winged) standing, seated, or taking flight.