Editing Thurii (section)

== Coinage ==
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| image = File:Thurium2.jpg
| caption_left = '''[[Obverse and reverse|O:]]''' helmeted head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding a rudder, neck guard decorated with a palmette. TIMO 
| caption_right = '''[[Obverse and reverse|R:]]''' bull butting right; above, Nike flying right, crowning bull. ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
| width = 300
| footer = AR Stater (7.98 g, 6h) Lucania, Thourioi ~350-300 BC 
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| margin = 4
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Thurii had an active mint in antiquity. The coins of Thurii are of great beauty; their number and variety indeed gives us a higher idea of the opulence and prosperity of the city than we should gather from the statements of ancient writers.