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Tetradrachm Bartkranzavers Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Highly schematized Celtic horse progressing left, reduced to its essential geometric components in the characteristic abstract style of Eastern European Celtic coinage. The horse's body is rendered as a large sinuous arc, with a curved neck and vestigial limbs indicated by short strokes below. A prominent spiral or ringlet motif appears to the right, likely a degraded rider or charioteer element derived from the Macedonian Philip II tetradrachm prototype. A group of pellets arranged in a scattered pattern occupies the upper field, possibly representing a degraded symbol or control mark. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Bartkranz" — literally "beard wreath" — designation refers to a stylistic convention found across a cluster of Celtic silver issues from the middle Danube region, where the original Macedonian tetradrachm prototypes were progressively abstracted over generations of copying. Attributing these to a specific tribe remains genuinely unresolved; candidates include groups operating in the Carpathian basin during the late La Tène period, but the die evidence does not yet support a clean tribal assignment.
Göbl's typology for this group remains the reference framework, with Kostial providing supplementary die linkage data.