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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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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed imperial bust facing right, rendered in a crude, barbarous style characteristic of Germanic imitative coinage. The effigy is encircled by a border of pellets, a common decorative convention on late Roman and post-Roman nummi of this period. The portraiture, while derived from imperial prototypes, exhibits the simplified, schematic execution typical of unofficial or peripheral mint production. |
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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.