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Tetradrachm Sattelkopfpferd Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 100 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized male head facing left, rendered in the characteristic Celtic La Tène artistic tradition derived from Macedonian prototypes. The head features a pronounced diadem or wreath rendered as a broad, sweeping curved band across the forehead, with abstracted facial features reduced to bold, geometric forms. A large pellet eye and simplified nose and mouth are visible, with the jaw area dissolving into abstract scroll-like terminals. Flanking design elements include a curved sickle or torque motif to the upper right and a vertical arrangement of three or four pellets to the right of the head, serving as stylized field ornaments. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized horse prancing or galloping to the left, depicted in the highly abstracted Celtic manner characteristic of the Sattelkopfpferd (saddle-head horse) type, with the head rendered as a large rounded pellet or globular form with a small projecting muzzle or beak-like element. The body is schematically rendered with splayed, rod-like legs, and the mane and back are indicated by incised linear strokes. A prominent large pellet appears above the horse's back, and multiple smaller pellets are scattered in the field below and around the animal, functioning as decorative fill ornaments in the Celtic tradition. No legend or inscription is present; the flan shows characteristic irregular hammered edges with a slightly concave reverse field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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