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1/4 Siliqua In the name of Anastasius I and Theoderic, Sirmium, retrograde S with flat bust
| Issuer | Gepid Kingdom |
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| Year | 493-526 |
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| Weight | 0.76 g |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Anastasius I facing right, rendered in a flat, stylised barbaric manner characteristic of Gepid imitative coinage. The effigy is set within a beaded border and encircled by the imperial Latin legend. The workmanship reflects a provincial interpretation of late Roman imperial portraiture, with reduced anatomical detail typical of post-Roman Germanic mint output. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N ANASTASIVS PP AV (Translation: Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus Our Lord, Anastasius, perpetual August) |
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Sirmium, modern Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia, was among the most strategically contested cities of late antiquity — a former Roman imperial capital that passed to the Gepids following Theoderic's departure into Italy. These fractional silver pieces occupy a precise political moment: the Gepids operating nominally within the Ostrogothic and Byzantine orbit, invoking Anastasius I on coinage while exercising de facto independence in Pannonia. The retrograde S is not an error in any simple sense; it appears with enough consistency to suggest a mint operating at the edge of the trained engraver pool.