TYPE Byzantine Empire, Justinian I (527-565 AD), bronze 10 nummi, Ravenna (Rome?) mint, struck 562/3 AD DESCRIPTION . Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of emperor facing, holding globus cruciger, Latin legend D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG Rev: Denomination (I = 10 nummi), cross above, ANNO to left, regnal year XX / XVI (= 36) to right, all in wreath REFERENCE: SB 326 GRADING: VF+, bit encrusted brown patina w/ some earthen highlights, scarce ORDER INFO: B2365, $95 A distinctive scarcer dekanummium type, distinguished by the facing bust obverse. Despite the lack of explicit mintmark, it has been usually attributed, based on hoard and stylistic evidence, to the Ravenna mint - though some references (including the classical Berk-England auction catalog, as well as the current CNG-64) ascribe it to Rome.