Greek Stater, Thurium

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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photo by John Be…
Greek Stater, Thurium
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photo by John Bentham.
Date390 B.C.E. - 350 B.C.E.
MediumSilver
DimensionsDiameter: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Hamilton College Archives, Burke Library. Gift of Nathaniel Emmons Paine, Class of 1874
Object numberS2018.1.6
On view
DescriptionThurium, also called Thuria or Thurii, was an ancient Greek city on the east coast of modern day southern Italy in the region known as Magna Graecia. On its obverse this coin depicts the helmeted head of Athena, goddess of wisdom and war, facing right. On its reverse is a bull butting towards the right below the inscription ΘOYΡIΩN. This coin is a part of the Paine Coin Collection. This teaching collection of 32 Greek and Roman coins was formed by John Alsop Paine (1840 – 1912), Class of 1859, who was an archaeologist with the Palestine Exploration Society and a Curator in the Department of Casts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1889 until 1906. The collection came to the college through John Alsop Paine’s grandson, Nathaniel Emmons Paine (1853 – 1948), Class of 1874.

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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by transfer from College Archives, Burke Library;
?: Hamilton College, by gift of Nathaniel Emmons Paine (1853-1948);
?: Nathaniel Emmons Paine (1853-1948), presumably by inheritance or gift from his grandfather, John Alsop Paine (1840-1912);
?: John Alsop Paine (1840-1912), by excavation.
Inscribed ΘOYΡIΩN on reverse
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Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.2
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Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.1
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Medium: Silver
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Medium: Silver
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Medium: Bronze
Object number: S2018.1.13
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Medium: Bronze
Object number: S2018.1.14
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Date: c. 200 B.C.E
Medium: Silver
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Medium: Bronze
Object number: S2018.1.15
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Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.5