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Nummus - Hilderic Carthage, monogram
| Issuer | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Year | 523-530 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by the royal Vandal monogram of Hilderic, composed of interlaced Latin letters forming a ligature characteristic of Vandal coinage of this reign. The monogram is boldly rendered within a plain, unadorned field, with no surrounding legend or decorative border. This type of royal cypher monogram is a hallmark of Vandal nummi struck at Carthage during the reigns of Thrasamund, Hilderic, and Gelimer. The flan is irregular and the strike is typical of hand-hammered minor bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hilderic was the only Vandal king to maintain genuinely warm relations with Constantinople, a posture that reflected his mother's lineage — she was Eudocia, daughter of the Western emperor Valentinian III. His pro-Roman orientation ultimately cost him the throne; Gelimer deposed him in 530, and Justinian's subsequent outrage over the coup provided the diplomatic pretext for Belisarius's invasion two years later.
The monogram coinage is the smallest denomination his mint produced at Carthage, struck in such negligible quantities that BMC records fewer than a handful of die combinations across the entire reign.