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Tetradrachm Herakleskopf Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Stylized Celtic interpretation of the head of Herakles facing right, derived from Macedonian prototype coinage of Alexander the Great. The effigy displays characteristic Celtic abstraction: a schematized facial profile with a large, almond-shaped eye rendered in relief, a prominent nose, and a downturned mouth. The hair is rendered as flowing, curvilinear locks with a distinctive spiral motif above the forehead, and the lion-skin headdress is suggested by abstract swirling forms at the crown and neck. The entire design is bordered by a beaded dotted circle, with the irregular flan exhibiting the typical characteristics of hand-struck Celtic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing left in highly stylized Celtic fashion, its body rendered with exaggerated, abstracted musculature and disproportionate limbs characteristic of eastern Celtic die-cutting. The animal's neck is arched and its legs are elongated and angular. Surrounding the horse are scattered abstract symbols including a rider figure reduced to geometric elements, pellets, linear ornaments, and curved lines in the field, all derived from and heavily abstracted from the Macedonian prototype reverse. The design is contained within a raised, segmented border ring typical of this coinage series. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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