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