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1/4 Siliqua In the name of Anastasius I and Theoderic, Sirmium, regular S with rolled bust
| Issuer | Gepid Kingdom |
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| Year | 493-526 |
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| Currency | Siliqua (491-567) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Emperor Anastasius I facing right, rendered in the late antique barbarian imitative style with a rolled or rounded drapery treatment at the shoulder. The portrait displays a pearl diadem and stylized facial features characteristic of Gepid workshop production. A beaded or dotted border encircles the field. The legend runs around the periphery in degenerate Latin capitals. The overall execution reflects the barbarian imitative tradition, with the imperial iconography adapted by Gepid die-cutters at Sirmium. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Sirmium — modern Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia — was among the most strategically contested cities in late antiquity, and its mint operated under Gepid control following Theoderic's campaigns in the Balkans. These fractional silver pieces were struck in the names of both Anastasius in Constantinople and Theoderic as Ostrogothic king, a calculated political gesture: the Gepids acknowledged imperial legitimacy while operating as an entirely autonomous power. The arrangement suited everyone, briefly.
MEC 1, 161 distinguishes this variety by the regular S and rolled bust, separating it from related issues where letterforms and portraiture details diverge enough to suggest different die-cutters working the same mint.