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Tetradrachm Gjurgjevac Type
| Issuer | East Noricum |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized Celtic male head facing right, rendered in the distinctive La Tène artistic tradition derived from Macedonian prototypes. The hair is elaborately depicted as a mass of bold, leaf-like strands swept rearward, crowned with a prominent twisted or knotted diadem composed of pellet clusters. The facial features are highly abstracted, with a large almond-shaped eye rendered as a raised pellet within a curved socket, a schematic nose, and a simplified lower face. Decorative subsidiary elements including crescent and scroll motifs appear in the lower field, while a small rosette or star ornament is visible near the neck, reflecting characteristic Celtic adaptation of Hellenistic iconography. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse prancing left, rendered in the abstract Celtic manner derived from Macedonian tetradrachm prototypes. The animal's body is rendered with smooth, rounded forms, while the mane is depicted as a series of bold leaf-shaped projections above the neck. The tail is elaborately stylized into multiple parallel curved lines terminating in pellets, and the forelegs are resolved into elaborate lyre-shaped or trident-like appendages with pellet terminals, a hallmark of East Norican Celtic coinage. A small running human figure, possibly a jockey or attendant, appears below the horse's belly in the lower left field, and a circular pellet grouping is visible at the horse's chest. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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