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| Issuer | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Year | 484-496 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Carthage |
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| Additional information |
Gunthamund's silver coinage is remarkable for its explicit denomination marking — a practice the Vandals adopted directly from late Roman fiscal administration rather than from any Germanic tradition. The 100 denarii struck at Carthage represent one of the earliest barbarian successor-state issues to carry a numerical denomination in Roman numerals, a deliberate signal that the Vandal treasury intended to function within, not merely alongside, the residual Roman monetary framework of North Africa.
Carthage had been the dominant mint of the African diocese since the third century, and Gunthamund inherited its infrastructure intact after Geiseric's conquest of 439.