Watch List notes:

OSTROGOTHS. Municipal coinage of Ravenna. Circa 530-539. Æ Decanummium (17.5mm, 2.92 g, 6h). FELIX R AVENNA, mantled bust of Ravenna right, wearing mural crown / Ravenna monogram with central pellet; all within wreath with large central jewel. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 29; COI 78a; Ranieri 260; MIB 72a (Rome); BMC Vandals 36; ; MEC 1, 145-9. Attractive green patina, trace of smoothing in fields. Near EF. An attractive specimen.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Glenn Woods, January 2008. Ex Michael Bezayiff Collection.