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Tetradrachm Unfaithful Legend Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 13.49 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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The so-called "Unfaithful Legend" designation refers to Celtic die-cutters copying Greek coin inscriptions — most likely derived from Macedonian or Thasian prototypes — without literacy in the source language, producing garbled or purely decorative letter-forms that mimic script without conveying meaning. This was not incompetence but cultural transmission: the legend carried prestige, not information. Attribution to a specific tribe remains unresolved, with the broader Eastern European Celtic zone spanning modern Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania all producing related fabric.