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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3239417, member: 56859&quot;]As [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] pointed out, there seems to be a Vandal in the house.</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly I don&#039;t know much about that period in coin history.&nbsp; At first I thought it might instead be an earlier coin of Carthage-- the obverse figure, although tiny and off center, looks more like a tiny Tanit than a diademed ruler.&nbsp; Wishful thinking.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t find anything like it for earlier Carthage or North Africa in SNG Copenhagen volume 8.&nbsp; As best as I can tell at this point it time it probably does fall under the later Vandalic umbrella.&nbsp; The reverse certainly looks like the style of other tiny Vandal palm trees even if the obverse looks off.&nbsp; To be fair, the obverse styles seem haphazard in all small Vandalic bronzes so reservations based on the portrait style are probably misguided.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]847648[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>VANDALS, Pseudo-Imperial coinage</b></p><p>c. 5th-6th century AD, uncertain North African mint</p><p>Æ nummus (7 mm, 0.57 gm). Uncertain North African mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; diademed (laureate??) bust right; star or degraded legend in left field</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; palm tree</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BMC Vandals 68-72</p><p><br /></p><p>The BMC Vandals catalog entry, with weight in grains and size in inches:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]847651[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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