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Stater of Terina with head of Terina, signed by P[...]
Greek
Classical Period
about 425 –420 B.C.
Mint: Bruttium, Terina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.64 gm. Die Axis: 8
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number08.352
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0214.
DescriptionObverse: Head of nymph Terina to right; sphendone with meander pattern at back of head; hair above ear rolled over band, gathered in knot at top of head.
Greek letter at left (artist's signature).
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Nike seated left on square cippus with base; wings outspread; in short-sleeved, girdled chiton, himation over legs; right arm resting on right knee, holding olive spray downwards, lowered left hand on cippus; left leg drawn back, foot facing.
Greek letter on cippus (artist's signature).
Greek letter at left (artist's signature).
Inscription in Greek around.
Reverse: Nike seated left on square cippus with base; wings outspread; in short-sleeved, girdled chiton, himation over legs; right arm resting on right knee, holding olive spray downwards, lowered left hand on cippus; left leg drawn back, foot facing.
Greek letter on cippus (artist's signature).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: Sotheby auction of the Northwick Collection, no. 174 (according to Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 178); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren June 1908: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 4,884.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 08.329-08.359)