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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8156714, member: 84905&quot;]I think even the idea that &quot;tribes&quot; struck these coins is highly flawed. It again implies, that Germanic (or Moorish?) tribes were at work here, which is unlikely to be the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, it is most likely that Roman citizens in some provincial towns produced theses coins to facilitate petty trade. These coins were likely made to alleviate small change shortages that occurred repeatedly in history. Britain was plagued by it as late as the 18th century, when private people started to make coins to resolve the problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Vandals (and Alans) who came to Africa in 429 represented a warrior society. They had no interest in trade whatsoever. They were interested in the silver issuances, which generated seignorage revenue for the royal coffers, but left the issuance of bronze to the city magistrates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a 42 and a 21-nummi piece, minted at the end of Vandal rule by the city authorities of Carthage.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423325[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1423326[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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