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Tetradrachm Thasos Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Celticized effigy of Dionysos facing right, depicted as a youthful male head with flowing, bulbous hair rendered in characteristically abstracted Celtic style. The head is adorned with a wreath of ivy or vine leaves and berries, heavily stylized into rounded pellet forms. The facial features — eye, nose, and lips — are boldly modeled in a manner typical of late Celtic die engraving, retaining the general prototype of the Thasian tetradrachm while exhibiting pronounced degeneration from the Hellenistic original. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, with the design centered well within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse description | Standing nude figure of Herakles facing left in three-quarter view, rendered in the abstracted Celtic tradition derived from the Thasian prototype. The hero holds a club resting on the ground in his left hand and the lion skin draped over his left forearm, with his right hand raised and holding what appears to be a bow. The muscular anatomy is boldly stylized into rounded, pellet-like forms characteristic of Celtic die work. Flanking the figure on either side are the Greek legends ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ to the left and ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ to the right, rendered in Greek script but with varying degrees of degeneration depending on the die cutter's familiarity with the prototype. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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