BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.88 g, 12h). VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 31. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 6 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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BRUTTIUM, Terina. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.88 g, 12h). Head of the nymph Terina left, wearing ampyx and pearl necklace [with pendant], within laurel wreath / Nike, wearing long chiton, seated left on amphora, holding wreath in extended right hand and kerykeion in left; TEPI-NAIΩN to right. Regling, Terina 12 (dies I/κ); Holloway & Jenkins 14; HN Italy 2575; Boston MFA 208 = Warren 180 (same dies). Deep old cabinet tone, remnants of find patina, a few minor marks, a little off center. VF.

From the JTB Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG 15 (1 June 2024), lot 19; Rauch 117 (8 December 2023), lot 393; Peus 301 (25 May 1981), lot 143; Dr. Eugen Nitsch Collection (A. Hess 236, 3 April 1939), lot 202.

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.”

The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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