Nummus - Gunthamund Carthage mint

Gunthamund ruled the Vandal Kingdom from 484 to 496, succeeding Huneric after a period of dynastic instability that had seen the throne contested along family lines established by Geiseric's succession law. The Carthage mint under Vandal authority was one of the few western mints still producing bronze coinage at this point, continuing a Roman administrative infrastructure the Vandals had largely absorbed rather than dismantled.

At under 0.6 grams, these nummi represent the extreme terminal degradation of the late Roman bronze denominational system — a century of weight reduction compressed into something barely functional as currency.