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A Study of Vandal Carthage and Central North Africa from an Archaeological Perspective
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…the Hasding family Fig. 7. Hilderic coin with ‘felix Karthago’ reverse Fig. 8. Gelimer coin, 50 denarii Fig. 5. Gunthamund coin, 100 denarii Fig. 6. Thrasamund coin, 50 denarii Bockmann_Tafeln.indd 2 09…
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…have struck purely municipal coins, without the Vandal kings taking influence on it. If we assume royal influence on the minting of the anonymous bronze coins and on the coin motives, their choice becomes…
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…reverse type had been used already for tetrarchic coins, minted in Carthage at the turn from the third to the fourth century182. The reverse legend dates the coins of this series to the fourth and fifth ‘year…
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…successor states chose to mint coins imitating Honorius’ coins for the same reason, apparently178. Early fifth century African coin hoards containing mainly heavily worn and split coins show a need for new coins179…
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…style of the Roman imperial coins, with cuirass, military cloak and diadem. The reverse simply gives the denomination of the coin in a wreath. The royal title used on the coins is a hybrid form. The formula…