Nummus - Imitation of Thrasamund

Features

Issuer Vandal Kingdom
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 440-530
Value 1 Nummus = ⅒ Denarius (0.1)
Currency Denarius (440-534)
Composition Bronze
Weight 0.20 g
Diameter 8 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
145944
References BMC Vandal# 21,
Warwick William Wroth; 1911. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
MEC I# 31-32
Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage 1 / The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right and surrounded by illegible legend.

Reverse

What is supposed to be a Victory standing while holding wreath, all surrounded by illegible legend.

Comments

Coins similar to those of the Vandal Kingdom but with much cruder styles and with dots or lozenges rather than actual legends are probably not official issues of the Vandal Kingdom, but rather imitations of a neighbouring barbarous tribe (possibly the Mauri).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (440-530) 

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