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| Issuer | Atella |
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| Year | 216 BC - 211 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Nike standing to the left, extending a wreath toward a nude male warrior — likely the Campanian deity Mamers (Mars) — who stands facing left, holding a spear and shield, with a crested helmet at his feet. The figures are rendered in a lively, South Italian style with energetic drapery on Nike's wings and garment. The ethnic inscription appears in the lower exergual area in Old Italic characters. |
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| Mint | Atella Mint |
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Atella was a Campanian city that defected to Hannibal following the Roman disaster at Cannae in 216 BC — one of several communities that gambled on Carthaginian victory and paid dearly for it. This bronze was struck during precisely that window of defection, when Atella briefly operated as an independent monetary authority outside Roman control. The city was besieged and retaken by Rome in 211 BC, the same year as Capua, after which its autonomous coinage ceased permanently.