CNG 103, Lot: 965. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GEPIDS. Uncertain king. 454-552. AR Quarter Siliqua (18mm, 0.65 g, 1h). Imitating a Ravenna mint Quarter Siliqua of Theoderic in the name of Justinian I. Sirmium mint. D N V(retrograde S)(M over W)VISTΛIWS P P Λ[VC], pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / (star) IИMVIT + IROИVΛ, Theoderic monogram. Cf. Stefan 2 (for type); cf. COI, p. 43, Fig. 22 (same); cf. Demo 80 (same); MEC 1, –. Good VF, toned, hint of deposit in obverse legend, minor areas of weak strike at periphery. Struck on a broad flan of good metal.