The Gjurgjevac type takes its name from the Croatian town where a significant hoard find helped establish this classification within the broader East Noric coinage sequence. These late Celtic tetradrachms were produced by tribes in the eastern Alpine and Pannonian transition zone during a period of accelerating Roman pressure — the eventual Roman organization of Noricum as a client kingdom around 15 BC effectively ended indigenous silver coinage production in the region. Kostial's classification remains the primary reference framework for collectors navigating what is otherwise a poorly documented series with considerable die variation and no surviving mint attribution.
The Gjurgjevac type takes its name from the Croatian town where a significant hoard find helped establish this classification within the broader East Noric coinage sequence. These late Celtic tetradrachms were produced by tribes in the eastern Alpine and Pannonian transition zone during a period of accelerating Roman pressure — the eventual Roman organization of Noricum as a client kingdom around 15 BC effectively ended indigenous silver coinage production in the region. Kostial's classification remains the primary reference framework for collectors navigating what is otherwise a poorly documented series with considerable die variation and no surviving mint attribution.