Huneric
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Huneric, Hunneric or Honeric was king of the Vandals and Alans and the second king of the North African Vandal Kingdom, ruling from 477–484 AD, and the oldest son of his predecessor Gaiseric. He aband
Obverse of a possible "4 nummi" of Huneric, minted c. 480-533
A 17th century engraving depicting the death of Huneric from putrefaction by Jan Luyken, 1685.
Hilderic
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Hilderic was the penultimate king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa in Late Antiquity, ruling from 523–530. Although dead by the time the Vandal Kingdom was overthrown in 534, he nevertheless p
Huneric
…Eudocia, daughter of western Roman Emperor Valentinian III (ruled 425–455 AD) and his wife Licinia Eudoxia. The couple had one child, the future king Hilderic. Huneric was the first Vandal king to use the title King of the Vandals and Alans (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum et Alanorum). Despite adopting this title…
A "50 denarii" struck in Hilderic's name (written as Hildirix), bearing his effigy and depicting the personification of Carthage