Tetradrachm Liegendem Achter Type

The "reclining figure-eight" type belongs to a loose group of imitative Celtic silver coinage derived ultimately from Macedonian prototypes — Philip II tetradrachms filtered westward and northward through trade and mercenary payment. By the time this particular stylistic reduction emerged among eastern Celtic groups, likely in the Carpathian basin, the original Macedonian imagery had been abstracted through successive die-copying generations into something entirely its own. The issuing community remains unidentified; attribution to a specific tribe is not possible with current evidence.