Very Rare Ravenna Fraction

5749671.

Justinian I. 527-565. AR Light Quarter Siliqua – 125 Nummi (10mm, 0.54 g, 6h). Byzantine Weight Standard. Ravenna mint. Struck circa mid AD 540-circa 565. D N IVSTI NIANVS, diademed bust right, wearing ornate robe / Large PKЄ (denomination) within wreath. DOC 335c-(335e) var. (symbol beneath denomination); MIBE 68 (Rome); Ranieri 349-353 var. (same); SB 316. Lightly toned, minor mark. EF. Very rare. An important example without a symbol on the reverse. See the article at the beginning of this CNR for further discussion.