The Ostrogoths. The Gepids.
Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Anastasius, 491-518. Quarter siliqua, Sirmium 493-526, AR 0.90 g. D N ANASTASIVS PP AVC Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. INVIT – A ROMA Monogram of Theoderic; in field above, cross, and M * D below. BMC Vandals –. Kraus 63-64 (Theoderic). MIB I, 46 (Theoderic). MEC I, –. Demo 72 (Theoderic). Metlich –, cf. p. 43, fig. 22 (Theoderic).
Rare. Light iridescent tone and good very fine
Ex NAC sale 93, 2016, 1228.
*** First attributed to Sirmium and the Ostrogoths by scholars, according to Metlich these issues cannot be of Ostrogothic origin but are rather products of the Gepids.