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Tetradrachm Imitation of Alexander III of Macedon
| Emittent | Central and Eastern European Celts |
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| Jahr | 300 BC - 250 BC |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Celticized head of Herakles facing right, clad in the Nemean lion skin headdress, rendered in the abstract La Tène artistic style characteristic of early Celtic coinage. The facial features are boldly stylized, with large globular eye, prominent ear, and exaggerated curvilinear hair rendered as a series of raised pellets and flowing ridges. The lion scalp is reduced to schematic, abstracted forms with the paws visible at the neck, retaining the general iconographic source in the original Macedonian prototype while exhibiting pronounced Celtic artistic reinterpretation. The coin flan is slightly irregular and the die work displays the vigorous, plastic relief typical of early Celtic silver issues. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, depicted in a highly abstracted Celtic reinterpretation of the Macedonian prototype: the god's body, throne, and eagle are rendered as bold globular and curvilinear forms characteristic of La Tène decorative art. The eagle held in the outstretched right hand is reduced to a schematic blob of silver, while the throne is indicated by a rectangular frame of dotted or beaded lines. A stylized monogram or symbol appears in the left field, replacing the original Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. The reverse shows considerable artistic licence, with the composition compressed and rearranged by Celtic die-cutters who prioritized decorative effect over faithful reproduction of the Hellenistic source type. |
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Celtic coinages derived from Alexander's tetradrachms spread across Central Europe through a combination of trade contact and mercenary service — thousands of Celtic soldiers fought in Hellenistic armies and returned home with Macedonian silver in their purses. What followed was not straightforward copying but a progressive stylistic dissolution, each generation of dies moving further from the Greek prototype until the original imagery became nearly abstract. This particular early phase of imitation still retains enough fidelity to its source to be datable to the first half of the third century.