Tetradrachm Alexander III Type

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.