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Drachm Alexander III 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 | Celticized head of Herakles facing right, wearing the lion skin headdress rendered in a highly stylized barbarian manner, with exaggerated facial features including a prominent nose, bulging eye, and hatched beard below the chin. The hair is depicted as a mass of deeply incised wavy lines merging with the lion skin. A border of large pellets frames the design around the entire circumference of the flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | N ΙΛ |
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Celtic imitations of Alexander III tetradrachms and drachms spread across Central and Eastern Europe for generations after the originals circulated, with local workshops progressively abstracting the prototype until the imagery became almost unrecognizable. The drachm module was far less commonly imitated than the tetradrachm, making surviving examples relatively scarce. Attribution to a specific tribe or region often proves impossible — "Uncertain Eastern European Celts" is an honest admission of the limits of current scholarship rather than a cataloging failure.