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1/2 Siliqua in the name of Honorius Carthage mint
| Uitgever | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Jaar | 440-490 |
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| Vorm | Round (irregular) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Honorius facing right, rendered in the late antique imperial tradition. The effigy is set within a beaded border and surrounded by a retrograde or irregular Latin legend. The portrait, while imitating contemporary Roman imperial coinage, displays the characteristically crude, provincial workmanship typical of Vandal imitative silver issues. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Standing figure of winged Victory facing left, holding a long wreath in the extended right hand, rendered in a simplified and somewhat stylized manner consistent with Vandal imitative coinage. The figure occupies the central field with a Latin legend surrounding. The reverse type closely follows Roman imperial prototypes, though the execution reflects the provincial die-cutting style of the Carthage mint under Vandal administration. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Vandals sacked Carthage in 439 and almost immediately began issuing coinage from its mint — a calculated act of administrative continuity rather than rupture. Striking silver in the name of Honorius, an emperor who had died in 423, was deliberate: it projected legitimacy to a Roman provincial population that understood imperial coinage as guarantor of value. The fiction of Roman authority suited Vandal fiscal needs even as their fleet raided Sicily and Sardinia.
The MEC I attribution places this among the earliest Vandal issues from the Carthage mint, predating the more systematized bronze coinage of the later fifth century.