- Co 619 (Late Roman tetranummion of Hilderic or Gelimer from Carthage) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 533
- Not before (date)
- 523
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Vandals: Huneric 12-14, p. 7, pl. i:17-18
- Comparanda
- KrollMilesMiller1973, p. 309, no. 141 (Athenian Agora)
- Comparanda
- MECI Vandals 3.55, pp. 21-22, 422, pl. 3 (Hilderic and Gelimer)
- Comparanda
- MIBI, pp. 94, 132, 141, Vandalen 20, pl. 42 (Hilderic)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G+. Edges severely snapped and worn, or clipped down into uneven rectangular, so that only ca. 35-40% from middle of coin suvives. Very slight and sparse pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1267 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Tetranummion
- Numismatic Authority
- Gelimer (Vandal king, 530-534)
- Numismatic Authority
- Hilderic (Vandal King of Africa, 523-530)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.89
- Obverse Description
- Diademed and draped bust of king to left [holding palm]; within dotted border
- Reverse Description
- Denomination in two lines within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- N | IIII (traces of line above N and numeral four)
- Diameter
- 11.0
- Weight (kg)
- 0.89
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 619 (Late Roman tetranummion of Hilderic or 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/co0619>
