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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8152130, member: 84744&quot;]Wow, congrats on lucking into this rare and interesting type at such an awesome price!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly I&#039;m no expert on these, but I tend to agree with your comments on the fabric and quality of these coins compared to the typical Vandal junk you see.&nbsp; I&#039;d add (just making explicit something you implied) that the better quality Vandal stuff you mention, like the 4 nummi municipal issue just below, is from a century later.&nbsp; Presumably there are hoard reasons to date the D.N. issues to the early 5th century?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422078[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Contrasting early 5th century Vandal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422079[/ATTACH] </p><p>^ this one&#039;s overstruck on an official SALVS REIPVBLICAE.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422080[/ATTACH] </p><p>Later fifth century (I think), adapted from a VOTA type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422081[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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