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Greek Coins Campania Compulteria - Caiatia - Acerrae - Fensernia - Irnthiì - Atella - Calatia - Velecha

Antonio Arcangelo Vessella’s Greek Coins Campania is a focused study of the bronze coinage attributed to several ancient Campanian cities—especially Computleria (Compulteria), Caiatia, Acerrae, Fesernia, Irnthi, Atella, Calatia, and Velecha—during roughly the 3rd century BCE. The work compiles photographic plates, die details, legend analyses, and comparisons to earlier cataloguers such as Sambon, Friedländer, Carelli, and Mionnet. Much of the study centers on close readings of Oscan inscriptions, module shapes, and style variants, with Vessella noting frequent misreadings in earlier literature and offering corrected interpretations based on clearer specimens (e.g., the circular and rectangular Oscan letters illustrated on pages 9–11). The latter half of the book provides coin-by-coin commentary, with enlarged images showing diagnostic features such as Apollo’s laureate head, man-faced bulls crowned by Victory, and recurring control marks. Overall, the work serves as a supplement to Campanian numismatic classification, aimed at refining attributions and improving the reading of often poorly preserved legends.