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10 Nummi - Justinian I Ravenna, ✶, Bust Facing

Issuer Byzantine Empire
Year 527-565
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Weight 3.5 g
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Obverse lettering D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG
(Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINIANVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AVG(-ustus) `Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor`)
Reverse description A large eight-pointed rayed star (christogram or asterisk symbol) occupying the entire reverse field, enclosed within a raised circular border or ring. The design is bold and deeply struck, with radiating arms of uniform length converging at the center. The field is otherwise plain and devoid of additional legend or exergual inscription, a type characteristic of the Ravenna mint decanummium issues under Justinian I.
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