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Tetradrachm Honter Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 11.51 g |
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| Obverse description | Boldly struck Celticised head of Zeus facing right, laureate and bearded, rendered in a highly stylised La Tène artistic idiom. The facial features are dramatically abstracted: the eye is depicted as a prominent raised pellet within a circular socket, the nose reduced to a simple ridge, and the beard dissolved into a mass of flowing, wave-like relief elements below the chin. The laurel wreath is rendered as a sequence of schematic leaf-shaped protrusions across the crown. A dotted border runs along the right and lower periphery of the flan, consistent with the Celtic adaptation of Macedonian prototype coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised equestrian figure riding to the right atop a horse rendered in a schematic, almost disembodied manner, the animal's body reduced to broad, smooth planes with minimal anatomical detail. The rider, shown as a compact abstract form, appears above the horse's back. To the right of the composition, the letters V and Λ are positioned in the field before the rider, while a Δ appears below the horse's raised foreleg. The overall design reflects the progressive Celtic transformation of the Macedonian Philip II tetradrachm reverse type, with naturalistic elements replaced by bold geometric abstraction. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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