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Reference: Seaby Byzantium # 323
Ravenna mint (Italy) 560/1 AD
Obverse: Facing bust of Justinian I wearing helmet and cuirass and holding globus cruciger, to right, cross
Reverse: ANNO to left of large M, cross above, X / XX / IIII in left field, RAVEN / NA below
Size: 34.13 mm
Weight: 8.81 grams
A worn example of this very rare issue with die break running across the coin. Ex. Peter Lee Collection. This very rare coin, that is not physically in the Moneta Museum, completes the seven mints series of mints that struck the folli under Justinian I.
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