Terina was a small Greek colony on the Tyrrhenian coast of Bruttium, founded by settlers from Croton around 480 BC. The city's coinage is remarkable for its artistic quality relative to its political insignificance — Terina never commanded major territory or regional power, yet its silver staters rank among the finest products of Magna Graecia's die-cutters. The Nike types associated with this period are attributed to engravers working in the same stylistic tradition as the great Sicilian masters.
The city was destroyed by Hannibal around 204 BC, its population forcibly relocated. No later coinage is known.
Terina was a small Greek colony on the Tyrrhenian coast of Bruttium, founded by settlers from Croton around 480 BC. The city's coinage is remarkable for its artistic quality relative to its political insignificance — Terina never commanded major territory or regional power, yet its silver staters rank among the finest products of Magna Graecia's die-cutters. The Nike types associated with this period are attributed to engravers working in the same stylistic tradition as the great Sicilian masters.
The city was destroyed by Hannibal around 204 BC, its population forcibly relocated. No later coinage is known.