1/4 Siliqua In the name of Anastasius I and Theoderic, Sirmium

After Theoderic's Ostrogothic forces took Sirmium from the Gepids in 504, the city briefly became a flashpoint of competing authority in the middle Danube. These fractional silver pieces, struck in the names of both the Byzantine emperor and Theoderic, reflect the layered legitimacy that barbarian rulers required — imperial sanction was not merely decorative but politically necessary for acceptance in trade and administration. The Gepid attribution remains debated among specialists, and the MEC I unlisted status underscores how few examples have been studied in a systematic context.