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Early Iron Age Celtic people copied Greek coins, often faithfully reproducing their designs and inscriptions. This suggests that Thracian die-engravers were illiterate, as legible Greek letters were gradually replaced by abstract patterns and dots. Silver tetradrachm coin from Thasos (a Greek island, part of the North Aegean Sea), circa 200-100 BCE. From the Thomas Burgon Collection. (The British Museum, London).
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