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Tetradrachm Zweigarm Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 200 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Kostial#589, CCCBM 1#1-26, Göbl Kelt#Pl. 25 296/3 |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised Celtic rider on horseback proceeding to the left, derived from the mounted horseman type of Philip II of Macedon. The rider wears a crested helmet and holds a branch or bough in the raised left hand, a diagnostic feature of the Zweigarm ('branch-arm') type. The horse is rendered in a dynamic, abstract La Tène manner, with limbs and body reduced to bold, curvilinear forms, and the mane schematised into rhythmic pellets or arcs. The composition fills the flan with vigorous plasticity, and no legend or exergual inscription is present. The overall design reflects the progressive Celticisation of the Macedonian prototype across successive generations of die-cutting. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 200 BC) |
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