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1 Nummus Imitating Vandal Kingdom Nummus
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 501-534 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bust of an imperial effigy facing right, depicted as pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed, rendered in a barbarous and schematic style characteristic of Germanic imitative coinage. The portrait is encircled by a border of evenly spaced raised pellets, a common decorative convention on late antique nummi and their imitations. The workmanship is crude, reflecting the hand of an unofficial or tribal die-cutter imitating late Roman or Vandal prototypes. |
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| Mintage | ND (501-534) |
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These anonymous struck bronzes circulated in North Africa during the Vandal occupation, produced by tribes or local workshops operating outside the official Carthaginian mint structure. Whether they represent deliberate monetary policy or opportunistic gap-filling remains unresolved — the issuing authority has never been conclusively identified. The extreme lightness relative to official Vandal nummi suggests either metal scarcity or a deliberate reduction in flan size for local exchange.