Description

Atri is a comune in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Atri is the setting of the poem The Bell of Atri by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Its name is the origin of the name of Emperor Hadrian, whose family came from the town.

Artist: Silvia Petrassi

Obverse

The 13th-century cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Atri, with its facade decorated with a rosette and a rich Gothic portal, with a bell tower crowned by a cuspidal octagon; below, detail from a bas-relief of the cathedral; around, from left to right, the inscription “REPUBBLICA” and “ITALIANA”; in the right field, from the bottom upwards, the name of the designer “PETRASSI”; in exergue the year of the coin’s issue “2014”; around, a linear circle.

REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
2014
PETRASSI

Reverse

Detail from the bas-relief of the 15th century by Andrea Delitio depicting the martyr Saint Reparata holding the scale model of the town of Atri; in the right field, a decorative detail from a bas-relief of the cathedral; around, from left to right, the inscription “Italy of Arts”; in the field, on three lines, the mintmark “R” and the value; around, below, on the left, “ATRI”; around, a linear circle.

Reparata (Italian: Santa Reparata, French: Sainte Réparate) was a Catholic virgin and martyr of the 3rd century AD, of Caesarea, Roman Province of Palestine. Sources record her age as being from 11 to 20 years old, though Sainte-Réparate Cathedrale in Nice gives it as 15 years. She was arrested for her faith and tortured during the persecution of Roman Emperor Decius.

ITALIA DELLE ARTI
ATRI
R
EURO
10

Edge

10 Euro

KM# 379
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 22 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute (IPZS)

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