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Germanic Tribes - Vandals, Goths, Gepids, Lombards, and Other Barbarian Invaders
Kingdom of the Gepids, Thrasaric, c. 491 - 504 A.D., In the Name of Anastasius and Theodoric the Great

|Germanic| |Tribes|, |Kingdom| |of| |the| |Gepids,| |Thrasaric,| |c.| |491| |-| |504| |A.D.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Anastasius| |and| |Theodoric| |the| |Great||quarter| |siliqua|
The Gepids were an East Germanic tribe who lived in the area of modern Romania, Hungary and Serbia, roughly between the Tisza, Sava and Carpathian mountains. They were closely related to, or a subdivision of, the Goths. They are first mentioned by Roman sources in the third century. In the 4th century, they were incorporated into the Hunnic Empire. After the death of Attila, the Gepids under Ardaric, led an alliance and defeated the sons of Attila at the Battle of Nedao in 454. The Gepids and their allies subsequently founded kingdoms on the Middle Danube, bordering on the Roman Empire. The Gepid Kingdom was one of the most important and long-lasting of these, centered on Sirmium, and sometimes referred to as Gepidia. In 489, Gepids lost Sirmium to the Ostrogoths. Thraustila's son, Thrasaric, regained control of Sirmium, but under Ostrogothic overlordship. In 504, Theoderic the Great expelled the Gepids from Sirmium without much resistance. The kingdom ceased to exist after they were defeated by the Lombards and Avars in 567.Gepids
JD97408. Silver quarter siliqua, Demo 77 var. (legend variations), VF+, centered, toned, edge bend, edge chips, weight 0.820 g, maximum diameter 16.2 mm, die axis 180o, Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) mint, c. 491 - 504 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTASIVS P AV (N's inverted, A's appearing as Λ), diademed and cuirassed bust of Anastasius right; reverse * V INVICTA + A ROMANI (first N inverted, A's appearing as Λ), monogram of Theodoric, cross above, star below; ex Roma Numismatics; rare; SOLD


Kingdom of Gepidia, c. 493 - 518 A.D., In the Name of Anastasius

|Germanic| |Tribes|, |Kingdom| |of| |Gepidia,| |c.| |493| |-| |518| |A.D.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Anastasius||quarter| |siliqua|
Long attributed to the Ostrogoths, Metlich corrected attribution of this type to Gepidia. The Gepids were an East Germanic tribe, closely related to the Goths, first recorded in the 6th-century as having been allied with Goths invading Dacia in c. 260. In the 4th century, they were under the hegemony of the Hunnic Empire. Under King Ardaric, the Gepids united with other Germanic tribes and defeated the Huns at the Battle of Nedao in 454. The Gepids then founded the Kingdom of Gepidia, which reached its zenith of power after 537, settling around Singidunum (today's Belgrade). For a short time, Sirmium (today's Sremska Mitrovica) was the center of the Gepid State. In 552 the Gepids suffered a disastrous defeat to Alboin, king of the Lombards, after which Alboin had a drinking cup made from the skull of the Gepid King Cunimund. Remnants of the Gepids were conquered by the Avars later in the 6th century. Erythrai_amphitheater
BZ86482. Silver quarter siliqua, Hahn MIB I 46 (Theoderic), Kraus 63 - 64 (Theoderic), VF, well centered and struck on a broad flan, toned, light marks, small edge crack, weight 0.885 g, maximum diameter 13.8 mm, die axis 180o, Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) mint, c. 493 - 518 A.D.; obverse D N ANASTASIVS P P AVC, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Anastasius (Byzantine Emperor, 11 Apr 491 - 1 Jul 518) right; reverse INVIT-A ROMA D M, (monogram of Ostrogothic King Theoderic, 454 - 30 Aug 526), cross above and star below, both dividing legend; SOLD


Vandal Kingdom, North Africa, c. 450 - 460 A.D., Imitative of Marcian

|Germanic| |Tribes|, |Vandal| |Kingdom,| |North| |Africa,| |c.| |450| |-| |460| |A.D.,| |Imitative| |of| |Marcian||half| |centenionalis|
SH32670. Bronze half centenionalis, Wroth BMCV p. 31, 107 - 108 and pl. IV, 7, VF, weight 0.773 g, maximum diameter 11.4 mm, die axis 90o, Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia)(?) mint, 5th century A.D.; obverse pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse Marcian's monogram 107 - 108 in laurel wreath with no termination; SOLD










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