Co 619 (Late Roman tetranummion of Hilderic or Gelimer from Carthage) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
533
Not before (date)
523
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
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 description
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“)
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