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Tetradrachm Alexander III Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylized, abstracted figure of Zeus Aëtophoros seated facing, derived from the reverse type of Alexander III tetradrachms. The enthroned deity is rendered in a schematic Celtic idiom, with a large globular head, arms outstretched, and the throne reduced to a series of vertical lines beneath the figure. A long sceptre is visible to the right. No eagle is clearly discernible in this abstracted rendition. No legend present; the field is plain. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Celtic imitations of Alexander's tetradrachm coinage were struck across a broad arc of central and eastern Europe for roughly two centuries, beginning shortly after Macedonian coins entered Celtic territory through trade and mercenary service. This particular group, attributed to uncertain eastern European workshops, sits at the end of that long tradition — by the first century BC, the prototypes had been abstracted through successive copying to the point where the original Macedonian types are barely recognizable. That progressive stylistic drift is itself the diagnostic tool die specialists use to sequence these issues chronologically.