Struck with 50 Denarii Dies

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1326. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VANDALS. Thrasamund. 496-523. AR 25 Denarii (0.49 g, 9h). Class 2. Carthage mint. D N RG [...], pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / D • N/L (mark of value) in two lines; — above; all within wreath. Cf. MEC 1, 17-18 (50 denarii); cf. BMC Vandals 10 (same). VF, find patina. Struck with dies for 50 denarii.

The edge of this coin does not show any indication that the flan was clipped. As such, this coin is a 25 denarii coin, and was struck with 50 denarii dies either by accident or intentionally, perhaps for some expediency.