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Beautiful nummo of Hilderic

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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....

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