Watch List notes:

UNATTRIBUTED COINS OF THE GERMAN TRIBES

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).
Brown tone and very fine


This coin is probably an issue of the Gepids, a German tribe defeated by the Lombards in 467.