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10 Nummi
| Issuer | Ravenna, City of |
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| Year | 536-554 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of a ruler facing right, rendered in a late antique barbarous style characteristic of post-Roman Ravenna municipal coinage. The portrait displays a radiate or turreted crown, with visible drapery at the shoulder. The facial features are boldly if somewhat crudely struck, reflecting the provincial engraving tradition of mid-sixth century Italy. A circular legend reading FELIX R - AVENNA frames the bust, invoking the city's prosperity. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edges, as is typical for hammered bronze issues of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold eagle displayed with spread wings stands facing, rendered in a schematic late antique style. Two stars flank the eagle in the left and right fields, serving as decorative fill elements common to this series. The large numeral X occupies the central field below the eagle, denoting the denomination of ten nummi. The overall composition is characteristic of the autonomous civic coinage of Ravenna struck under Ostrogothic or early Byzantine suzerainty. The flan is irregular with a rough, granular surface consistent with hammered bronze production of the period. |
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