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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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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylised Celticised head of Dionysos facing right, derived from the Thasian prototype but rendered in abstract Celtic artistic idiom. The hair and facial features are reduced to deeply cut, schematic forms with bold relief, and the ivy wreath crowning the head is degenerated into angular, zigzag elements. A cluster of pellets in the upper right field represents the berries of the wreath. The overall execution reflects the progressive barbarisation characteristic of late Celtic coinage in the eastern European tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Stylised figure of Herakles standing left, derived from the Thasian reverse type but heavily abstracted in the Celtic manner. The body is rendered schematically, with the lion's skin degenerating into a tail-like appendage. Three pellets are visible below the left arm and one pellet below the right arm, serving as degenerate replacements of the original Greek legend. A star device appears in the upper left field, and the club is retained in simplified form. All inscriptions from the Thasian prototype are fully replaced by a series of pellets and dashes arranged in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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