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Tetradrachm Eingesetzter Pferdefuß Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Rider on horseback advancing to left, depicted in a vigorous, stylised Celtic manner derived from Macedonian coin prototypes. The horse is shown with an exaggerated, muscular body, its forelegs raised in a prancing posture, with one hoof distinctively rendered in the characteristic 'Eingesetzter Pferdefuß' (inserted horse-foot) style — a defining feature of this type. The rider sits upright with arms extended, and a small animal or zoomorphic device appears above the horse in the upper field. The overall composition fills the flan with energetic, abstracted forms typical of eastern Celtic die engraving. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 201 BC) |
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The "Eingesetzter Pferdefuß" types — named by German-speaking scholars for the inserted horse-leg motif — belong to a cluster of imitative issues derived ultimately from Philip II of Macedon's tetradrachm coinage, filtered through several generations of Celtic copying across the middle Danube region. Attributing these to a specific tribe remains unresolved; "Uncertain Eastern European Celts" is the honest answer where others have sometimes invented precision.
The Göbl reference places this within a tightly defined die study, which is the most reliable framework available for these otherwise undocumented issues.