Stater: Head of Nymph (Terina), r. (Obverse), after 400 BC. Greece, Terina, after 5th century BC. Silver; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). Coins from the South Italian colony of Terina are notable for their sophisticated reworkings of other cities’ designs. On the obverse of this tetradrachm is a female head with short, wavy hair, possibly modeled on the Syracusan nymph Arethousa. The reverse captures an intimate moment as Nike sits, tenderly holding a bird, much like young women in Athenian funerary sculptures.

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Stater: Head of Nymph (Terina), r. (Obverse), after 400 BC. Greece, Terina, after 5th century BC. Silver; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.). Coins from the South Italian colony of Terina are notable for their sophisticated reworkings of other cities’ designs. On the obverse of this tetradrachm is a female head with short, wavy hair, possibly modeled on the Syracusan nymph Arethousa. The reverse captures an intimate moment as Nike sits, tenderly holding a bird, much like young women in Athenian funerary sculptures.

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