Vandals

Coins of the Vandals
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In 406 AD, the Vandals, under King Gunderic, first entered Gaul. In 409 they settled in Spain for about 20 years. Pressure from the Visigoths forced them into North Africa and in May 429, under King Gaiseric (successor of his half-brother, Gunderic) organized and established their kingdom. The standard reference for this material is "Western & Provincial Byzantine Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum" by Warwick Wroth, published by Argonaut Inc., 1966. It is 344 pages and 42 plates.

Gaiseric: 428-477
	Vandal Kindgom-Gaiseric, in the name of Honorius, AR Siliqua, 428-477, Pseudo-Ravenna Mint in Carthage D N HONORI_VS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right VRBS-ROMA Roma seated left on cuirass, Victory on globe in right hand, reversed vertical spear in left 17mm, 1.69g RVPS in exergue RIC X, 3801 (S); Wroth 6; MEC 2-3; C. Morrisson and J. H. Schwartz, "Vandal Silver Coinage in the Name of Honorius," MN 27 (1982), 1-13
* Vandal Period Anonymous Issues and Imitations *
	Anonymous Vandalic Issue during Honorius (?), AE4, 395-423, North Africa (Legend off flan) Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust of Honorius (?) right (Legend off flan) Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm, 0.87g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type of Victoria Avgg under Honorius, 1-11 (?) Note: This coin is of unusually fine style and may be an official issue of the Roman Empire. The compact flan does not offer much help with attributing the obverse with any certainty. I'm basing this attribution on other pieces of somewhat similar style and fabric from the same collection in which this piece came.
	Anonymous Vandalic Issue during Honorius (?), AE4, 395-423, North Africa ...P F AV Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust of Honorius (?) right VICTIS (?)... Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 1.19g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type of Victoria Avgg under Honorius, 1-11 (?) Note: This coin is of unusually fine style and may be an official issue of the Roman Empire. The compact flan does not offer much help with attributing the obverse with any certainty.
	Anonymous Vandalic Issue during Valentinian III, AE4, 425-455, North Africa ...NVS AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust of Valentinian III right S[ALVS REI]PVBLICAE Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm, 1.53g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type of Salus Reipublicae under Valentinian III, 12-14, Pl. III, 3
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 1.06g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10 Note: On pieces with inscriptions represented by strokes or lozenges, Wroth notes they are probably barbarous imitations and suggests perhaps by the Mauri tribe.
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 11mm, 0.98g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 0.44g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 0.99g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes/lozenges Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 0.97g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes/lozenges Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 11mm x 12mm, 1.13g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 0.69g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm, 0.71g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa Legend represented by strokes Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Legend represented by strokes Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 10mm x 11mm, 0.48g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10
	Anonymous Vandalic Period Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, North Africa II...II Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right IIII...III Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left 9mm, 0.62g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Victory type 21-31, Pl. III, 10 Note: This example is stylistically very different from the type on Plate III, 10 and is perhaps a product of a different tribe or the Vandal Kingdom itself.
	Anonymous Issue, AE4, 5th Century AD, Period of the later Vandal Kings, North Africa Legend represented by dots Pearl-diademed, beardless, draped bust right (No legend) Cross pattee within border of diamonds 9mm x 10mm, 0.56g Wroth, Coins of the Vandals, Cross type 201v, Pl. IV, 44 Note: Wroth only shows and describes one example with a cross pattee and that example has a border of small dots on the reverse, along with two pellets in fields.