The Gepids occupied Sirmium — the old Roman imperial capital on the Sava — after the collapse of Hunnic power following Attila's death in 453, and held it until the Avars and Lombards jointly destroyed the kingdom in 567. These half-siliquae were struck in conscious imitation of late Roman imperial coinage, a deliberate political gesture by a barbarian successor state anxious to project legitimacy through familiar monetary forms. The fifty-year window of this issue makes precise dating within the series essentially impossible without die study.
The Gepids occupied Sirmium — the old Roman imperial capital on the Sava — after the collapse of Hunnic power following Attila's death in 453, and held it until the Avars and Lombards jointly destroyed the kingdom in 567. These half-siliquae were struck in conscious imitation of late Roman imperial coinage, a deliberate political gesture by a barbarian successor state anxious to project legitimacy through familiar monetary forms. The fifty-year window of this issue makes precise dating within the series essentially impossible without die study.