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Nummus in the name of Marcian Carthage mint
| Issuer | Vandal Kingdom |
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| Year | 440-490 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Carthage |
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The Vandal administration in North Africa issued bronze nummi bearing the names of reigning Eastern emperors — a pragmatic fiction that allowed commerce to function without forcing a direct confrontation over legitimacy. Marcian ruled Constantinople from 450 to 457, but coins in his name from Carthage continued circulating well beyond his death, the imperial label essentially becoming a denomination marker rather than a political statement.
Carthage had been the Vandals' primary mint since Gaiseric's capture of the city in 439 AD.