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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3216451, member: 56859"]Looks like a Vandals or Vandals-era issue to me but I know almost nothing about them. The reverse looks like it has letters, or things which are supposed to be letters. Calling [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER]...</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of a wreath, maybe the marks surrounding the cross potent are just repeated I-like marks, like <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=329493" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=329493" rel="nofollow">this Vandals minimus from CNG's archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/3900629.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>390, Lot: 629.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>VANDALS. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. </b>Circa 440-490. Æ Minimus (9mm, 0.39 g, 6h). II [ ] IIIIII, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IIII[ ]IIII, cross potent; III. MEC 1, –; BMC Vandals 175. VF, hard brown surfaces, areas of weak strike at periphery,reverse off center.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3216451, member: 56859"]Looks like a Vandals or Vandals-era issue to me but I know almost nothing about them. The reverse looks like it has letters, or things which are supposed to be letters. Calling [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER]... Instead of a wreath, maybe the marks surrounding the cross potent are just repeated I-like marks, like [URL='https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=329493']this Vandals minimus from CNG's archives[/URL]: [IMG]https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/3900629.jpg[/IMG] [B]390, Lot: 629.[/B] Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. [B]VANDALS. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. [/B]Circa 440-490. Æ Minimus (9mm, 0.39 g, 6h). II [ ] IIIIII, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IIII[ ]IIII, cross potent; III. MEC 1, –; BMC Vandals 175. VF, hard brown surfaces, areas of weak strike at periphery,reverse off center.[/QUOTE]
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