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Tetradrachm Warasdin B Type
| Issuer | East Noricum |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized Celtic head facing left, derived from the Macedonian prototype of Philip II or Alexander III. The effigy features an elaborately rendered diadem or wreath composed of bold, pellet-decorated tresses arranged in a highly schematized Celtic manner, with pronounced curving locks falling behind the ear. The facial features are simplified and abstracted in characteristic La Tène artistic style, with a prominent nose and minimal relief on the cheek and chin. The field is plain and unlettered, reflecting the aniconic Celtic adaptation of Hellenistic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse leaping or galloping to the left, rendered in the abstracted La Tène Celtic artistic tradition. The animal's body is rendered with exaggerated, flowing curves, with the neck arched and the mane depicted as a series of bold, sweeping lines. The legs are schematically rendered with pellet-tipped hooves, and the tail curves dramatically upward. The open field is plain and devoid of inscription, typical of East Noric Celtic coinage of the Warasdin group. |
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The "Warasdin" types take their name from the Croatian city of Varaždin, near which significant hoards of these Celtic silver pieces were recovered in the 19th century. East Noricum — broadly corresponding to modern Styria and parts of Slovenia — sat at a crossroads of Celtic tribal territories where coinage circulated as much through gift exchange and tribute as through market transaction. The Kostial 156 classification places this within a tightly defined die study, though the two-century span of the type reflects ongoing scholarly difficulty pinning Celtic potin and silver issues to specific decades without hoard context.