Tetradrachm Unfaithful Legend Type

Celtic coinage in the Balkans and Carpathian basin developed primarily through imitation of Macedonian issues, particularly the tetradrachms of Philip II and Alexander III. The "Unfaithful Legend" designation refers to a specific class of these imitations in which the original Greek inscription was copied by Celtic die-cutters who did not read Greek — the letters progressively degraded across die generations into abstract marks that retain only a visual memory of the prototype's text.

Preda's classification anchors this type within Dacian and adjacent tribal territories, though precise attribution to a single group remains unresolved.