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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1847577, member: 44210&quot;]I feel like I&#039;ve definitely found another niche for me: Byzantine coins of Italy, namely from the 6th-7th centuries AD (right after the destruction of the Ostrogothic Kingdom). I was searching for some when I found this one, with the reverse-within-wreath that characterizes most small-denom Italian-Byzantine issues. Did the whole Helvetica spreadsheet thing and sure enough, it turns out it is indeed from Italy, a decanummium of Tiberius II Constantine (emperor from 574-582 AD), struck in Ravenna. Naturally I got excited and seeing it at a good price, I hit the Buy button as fast as I could <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Looks like it will clean up nice too.</p><p>&nbsp;-Wikipedia</p><p>&nbsp;from luc.edu (more here: <a href="http://www.luc.edu/roman-emperors/ticonii.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.luc.edu/roman-emperors/ticonii.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.luc.edu/roman-emperors/ticonii.htm</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire in 600 AD</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/RomanEmpire600_zpsa66b297f.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As you can see the Italian peninsula was not fully under Eastern Roman control. Almost 20 years after taking the region from the Ostrogoths in the 550s, the peninsula was fully in Byzantine hands but was still recovering from decades of war and plague. This allowed the Germanic Lombard tribe to move in from the north almost unopposed, taking many cities and towns in the north and farther south. The Byzantines fought back however, and managed to retain parts of Italy, most importantly its capital (and center of Byzantine power in the region) Ravenna and the city of Rome. Italy would not be unified again until the 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Tiberius II Constantine</b></u>, Byzantine emperor (574-582 AD)</p><p>AE Decanuumium (10 nummi)</p><p>Obv: DM TIb CONSTANT PP AVG, crowned, cuirassed bust facing</p><p>Rev: Large I, crosses to left and right, all within wreath</p><p>Ravenna mint, struck 578-582 AD</p><p>Ref: SB 472</p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/TibCon_zpsea31a249.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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