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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2269619, member: 44210&quot;]I may be locked up from any large future purchases for a while but the occasional cheapo that I can have smuggled into my armored wagon won&#039;t hurt me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This week brings to me another one for my Byzantine Italy subcollection. The Justinian dated decanummi type from Ravenna are among the most common Byzantine Italian types you can get, but like many, many other coin types especially from this period, it is not very common to find a decent or better example. My newest example was struck in 561 AD (regnal year XXXV=35, counting the first year of Justinian&#039;s rule in 527).</p><p><br /></p><p>Like the Western Romans, Odoacer, and the Ostrogoths before them, the Eastern Romans made Ravenna the capital of their administration in Italy following the taking of the city in 540 AD. A governor was installed in the city and the province was ruled like any other in the Byzantine Empire. Italian unity was broken by the invasion of the Lombards (a Germanic tribe) in 568. They took many parts of Italy but stubborn Roman resistance prevented the Lombards from conquering the whole peninsula, which was still recovering from the Gothic War that occurred decades earlier. The Romans reorganized their remaining Italian territories, including Ravenna and Rome, into the Exarchate of Ravenna. This state of things lasted until 751 when the Lombards took Ravenna and killed the last exarch, Eutychius.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Justinian</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AE decanummium</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe in left hand and shield in right hand</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large I, ANNO to left, regnal year XXXV to right, all within wreath</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Ravenna (struck 561 AD)</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 326; MIB 229</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/jusrav_zpsyaesd4xy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Italy around 575 AD (source: Wiki):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Italy581AD_zpspwe5avy8.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my other Byzantine Italian coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian decanummium, Rome, 547-549 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fjustinianrome_zpsnqsjuyrm.jpg&amp;hash=1b6807761bc9dbb67a8b8697462ded8b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>(Same as above)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2FJustinianRome_zps50f17cce.jpg&amp;hash=75128981397b3df2803b5e4e923336ff" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian pentanummium, unknown Italian mint (Sicily or Rome)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fjustinianpentanum_zps5pr7pmhj.jpg&amp;hash=390e192704ce3bd7d1d0a2f905c8188b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Tiberius II Constantine half-follis, Rome</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2FMT_zpsdb60b6cf.jpg&amp;hash=c8f80f4b663a8d4bb3f8f8959ef121d1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Justin II pentanummium, Ravenna</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2FjustinII_zpswrdsn6t7.jpg&amp;hash=2efae4779772b1ab27a9fcfb39b5630c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian half-follis, Rome, 537-542 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fjustinianhalfrome_zpswzwcgllh.jpg&amp;hash=4adb152117213009ecb09f652032e588" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian pentanummium, struck in Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fjustinianrome5nummi_zpsvb7qdmja.jpg&amp;hash=a61043663ce22268fbfe0c5e58f7b255" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Tiberius II Constantine decanummium, Ravenna:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2FTibCon_zps600cc30e.jpg&amp;hash=eeeebe22805a5b60504686cf9d6a848f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius decanummium, Catania, 602 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fmauricetibcatania_zps739a674b.jpg&amp;hash=ae4d6be2efa461ad3336d2843936f5fa" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian decanummium, Ravenna, 563 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2FLurkingNinja%2Fjustinianravenna_zps4abac579.jpg&amp;hash=8f47366cd8f02b1263d4bb27cfd0c95a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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