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Nummus - Thrasamund Carthage mint
| Issuer | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Year | 496-523 |
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| Value | 1 Nummus = 1/10 Denarius (0.1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Thrasamund ruled the Vandal Kingdom for nearly three decades, navigating a careful diplomatic balance between Ostrogothic Italy — he married Theodoric's sister Amalafrida in 500 — and a Byzantine empire growing increasingly hostile to Arian Germanic rulers. These tiny nummi were the lowest denomination in a bronze coinage system the Vandals inherited and adapted from late Roman provincial practice at Carthage, a mint the kingdom had controlled since Gaiseric's capture of the city in 439.
The fabric is characteristically irregular; flans this small were prone to uneven casting, and few survive without some degree of surface porosity.