VANDALS. Semi-Autonomous Coins of Carthage, 523-533 AD. Æ 21 Nummi of Carthage. KART - HAGO. Soldier standing, holding a spear / Horse head, XXI below. MEC.1/45-47 (6.12g 19 mm) Vandals, after crossing Spain, gradually settled in Africa. They took Carthage in 430. Vandal presence in Africa will last a century until Belisarius, general of Justinian I, captured Carthage. |