The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Stater: Head of Nymph (Obverse); Nike (Reverse)
c. 420–400 BCE
Location: not on view
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Nike sits on a cippus, a pillar used as a boundary stone or grave marker.Description
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.- {{cite web|title=Stater: Head of Nymph (Obverse); Nike (Reverse)|url=false|author=|year=c. 420–400 BCE|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.982