Co 619 (Late Roman tetranummion of Hilderic or Gelimer from Carthage) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph