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1 Nummus Imitating Vandal Sardinia Nummus
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 501-534 |
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| Value | 1 Nummus |
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| Reverse description | A centrally placed eight-pointed stick-star or asterisk occupies the field, enclosed within a beaded or pelleted wreath whose branches are rendered in a stylized, nearly circular form. The wreath is tied at the base and its foliage, visible in the image, is depicted in a simplified, roughly symmetrical manner consistent with crude barbarous imitative workmanship. The overall design closely follows Vandal Sardinian nummus prototypes of the early sixth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (501-534) |
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Sardinia passed from Vandal control to Ostrogothic hands around 500 AD, and the precise issuing authority behind these small bronzes remains genuinely contested — attribution shifts depending on which hoard context and which scholar you consult. What is clear is that local or itinerant moneyers were producing imitative nummi well outside the administrative reach of Carthage, copying Vandal types with varying fidelity. The smallest denomination in late antique bronze coinage, these pieces were the economic residue of an island caught between collapsing Roman infrastructure and competing Germanic administrations.