´It was narrated that 'Ata' said:` "The least for which the hand of a thief is to be cut off is the price of a shield. And the price of a shield in those days was ten Dirhams." (Hasan) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: Ayman, the one whose narrations preceded, I do not think he was a Companion, and another Hadith has been related from him which proves what we have said:
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
The narration from Ata is definitively (as a statement of Ata) authentic, but since it is contrary to the authentic hadith, it is not worthy of consideration.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4956