The two pellets mark a sextans. The round-shield reverse (SNG ANS 670–671) is a variety distinct from the thunderbolt-field issue (HN Italy 762); the lighter weight accords with the former.

Athena in her crested helmet and the trophy of captured arms on the reverse are both martial types, the goddess of war and the monument of victory. They belong to the Second Punic War years, when the towns of Apuli.

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Athena Apulia Caelia, NO RESERVE

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