10 Nummi

Features

Issuer City of Ravenna (Ostrogothic Kingdom)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 536-554
Value 10 Nummi
Currency Nummus (536-554)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.86 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
151822
References MEC I# 145,
Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage 1 / The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
BMC Vandal# 7,
Warwick William Wroth; 1911. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
MIB I# 72,
Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1973. Moneta Imperii byzantini / Teil 1. Von Anastasius I. bis Justinianus I (491-565) : einschliesslich der ostgotischen und vandalischen Prägungen : Rekonstruktion des Prägeaufbaues auf synoptisch-tabellarischer Grundlage. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria.
Metlich# 78,
Michael Andreas Metlich, Ermanno A. Arslan; 2004. The Ostrogothic Coinage in Italy from AD 476 : A Die Study of Theodahad Folles. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
Kraus# 3
Andreas Kraus; 1992. Grundzüge der Geschichte Bayerns (2nd edition). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, Germany.

Obverse

Crowned bust of Ravenna facing right and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FELIX R - AVENNA

Translation:
Felix Ravenna
Happy Ravenna

Reverse

Monogram of Ravenna surrounded by wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: RVE

Edge

Smooth.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (536-554) 

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