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Nummus in the name of Theodosius II Carthage
| Issuer | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Year | 440-477 |
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| Value | 1 Nummus = ⅒ Denarius (0.1) |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Theodosius II facing right, rendered in a debased provincial style characteristic of Vandal coinage. The effigy is surrounded by a largely illegible circular legend, reflecting the degraded die engraving typical of this series. The portrait retains the general iconographic conventions of late Roman imperial coinage despite the crude execution. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Chi-Rho monogram of Theodosius II prominently in the central field, composed of interlocking letters in a blocky, angular form characteristic of Vandal nummi struck at Carthage. The monogram is set within or flanked by a wreath border, visible along the coin's periphery. Both normal and reversed monogram varieties are known for this type. The field is otherwise plain, with no exergual inscription. |
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After sacking Rome in 455, the Vandals under Gaiseric controlled North Africa and continued striking small bronze nummi that retained imperial Roman names — including Theodosius II, who had died in 450 — long after those emperors were gone. This was not sentimentality. It was practical: North African markets were accustomed to these types, and the Vandals had no interest in disrupting the small-change economy they had inherited from the diocese they conquered.
BMC Vandal 94 places this piece within the Carthaginian mint output under Gaiseric's long reign, which stretched to 477.