Beautiful nummo of Hilderic

[antvwala]

Beautiful nummo of the Vandal king Hilderic: or perhaps too beautiful?
Doubt is inevitable.
Measures 11mm in diameter and weighs 1.18g. It comes from an English numismatic dealer.

[Anaximander]

Could be just what you were told.  Looks right. Looks dark (how apt! it's from the Dark Ages).

Compared to these, it's a tad larger and heavier than most (if not all) contenders.  Wroth Vandals p.14 #9-10; MEC I #24-25 (0.80 gm and 0.89 gm).

[antvwala]

Thank you.
Yes: it's bigger and heavier than any other Hilderic nummus I've been able to see or document. However it is also true that these numerals are usually typed with a smaller modulus...
I ask you if you believe it is a minted or melted coin.
I'm adding 3 more Hilderic nummi that I have in my collection for comparison... Here I am faced with a much larger die, not just a flan. And that makes me very suspicious....

[Poemenius]

modern forgery

[antvwala]

Yes, it is.
This same seller, present on eBay, has "specialized" in the sale of nummi vandalas, quite attractive for those who do not know this coinage, probably at melts and all characterized by a diameter of about 50% greater than the correct one.

[Joe Sermarini]

Fake coin report, please.

[antvwala]

Same seller, equally fake, sold on eBay for £60
A very rare and interesting vandal nummus minted in the name of Godas, king of Sardinia

[Joe Sermarini]

Fake coin report(s) please.

[antvwala]

Gladly, but I don't know how to do it...

[Joe Sermarini]

Go to the Fake Coin Reports (link above). Click add "add a fake report" in the header of the Fake Reports. Fill in the fields and upload with the photo. If you try, you will find you can do it.

[antoninus1]

There seem to be more fakes from that period on the market at present. A South German auction house has just withdrawn some of them which had been sold earlier at another North German auction house being notorious for selling fake rare late romans (like Johannes, Marcianus, Majorianus...).

[antvwala]

add a fake report