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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3524748, member: 96864&quot;]The additional links can be accessed by copy/pasting the string of numbers. These examples certainly appear relevant and visually informative with their retrograde Ns and goofy stars, and the last example&#039;s retrograde &quot;CON&quot; mintmark seems to be what is going on with mine as well:</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/126/4751/4801562.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Migration Period</p><p>The Gepids. Sirmium AD 491-518. Quarter Siliqua AR 12mm., 0,51g. Diademed and draped head right / Legend around monogram of Theoderic, above cross, below, star. very fine Cf. Wroth p. 58, 78.</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/83/3010/3110089.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>UNATTRIBUTED COINS OF THE GERMAN TRIBES</p><p>Pseudo-Imperial Coinage. In the name of Anastasius I, 491-518. Follis, uncertain mint mid 5th century, Æ 10.76 g. DN ANAST – SIVS PP A Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Large M; in field above, cross, on sides, two stars, B (inverted) below. In exergue, CON. cf. MIB 23 (for prototype).</p><p>Brown tone and very fine</p><p>This coin is probably an issue of the Gepids, a German tribe defeated by the Lombards in 467.</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/30/3162/3296002.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Anastasius I. 491-518. Æ Follis (33mm, 11.13 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of a Constantinople mint issue. Diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Γ(?)//CON (retrograde). Cf. MIBE X1–5. VF, green patina. From the Iconodule Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d certainly be happy with a Gepidic attribution, thanks for the insights![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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