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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientcoinguru, post: 2795034, member: 75563&quot;]Nice coin [USER=83638]@montanvs[/USER]!&nbsp; While I purchased the coin below as &quot;Vandal or Mauri in North Africa in the time of Justinian,&quot; I believe it to be a Hilderic coin.&nbsp; Could be wishful thinking, but I see HIL on the obverse.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hilderic and Gelimer, the last two Vandal rulers, struck small bronze coins inscribed with their names &quot;on what may be called the independent Vandal money perhaps the only Christian emblems are the cross as a reverse type of the small bronze of Hilderic.(Wroth, xxv)&quot; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]650095[/ATTACH] </p><p>523-530 AD</p><p>North Africa, Hilderic</p><p>AE 0.67 gm - 9 mm.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; HIL bust of Hilderic right, beardless, wearing diadem. .&nbsp; Border of dots.&nbsp; </p><p>Rev: square cross with serifs, in wreath. , all within circular border </p><p>Reference: Worth 9 (page 14 and plate ii #16)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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