- Co 294 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gelimer from Carthage) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 533
- Not before (date)
- 530
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 165, 179, 199, no. 416, pl. XXX (Z1; Zacha hoard)
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Vandals: Gelimer 4-6, p. 16, pl. II:20, 21
- Comparanda
- MIBI Vandalen 25, p. 132, pl. 42
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/F. Moderately chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting. Small patches of rough white corrosion or encrustation(?) on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1115 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
- Gelimer (Vandal king, 530-534)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.44
- Obverse Description
- [Diademed] and draped bust of king to right (schematic); within uneven dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- Traces of inscription
- Reverse Description
- Monogram of king within dotted border or wreath(?)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 294 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gelimer from Carthage).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0294>
