page_title: Serdi
hierarchical_section_title: Serdi
caption_attribution_description: English: Serdi region 187-168 BC or later obverse: head of rivergod Strymon right reverse: wide trident ref: type: (A?)5B imitation of: SNG Copenhagen 1298-9 var. weight: 8,37g diameter 22-20mm This coin is overstrike of official Thessalonican coin: Thessalonica 187-31 BC obverse: head of Dionysos with ivy wreath right goat standing right ΘEΣΣA_ΛO / N_IK_HΣ (NE) /&#160;? other monograms Sear #1466; BMC Macedonia p. 110, 10 - 16 Imitations from Serdi region weren't used to fool Macedonian traders but as their own currency. This coin is one of overstrikes on official Macedonian coins which prooves this theory.
context_page_description: The Serdi were a Celtic tribe inhabiting Thrace. They were located around Serdica, now Sofia in Bulgaria, which reflects their ethnonym. They would have established themselves in this area during the Celtic migrations at the end of the 4th century BC, though there is no evidence for their existence before the 1st century BC. Serdi are among traditional tribal names reported into the Roman era. They were gradually Thracianized over the centuries but retained their Celtic character in material culture up to a late date. According to other sources they may have been simply of Thracian origin, according to others they may have become of mixed Thraco-Celtic origin.
context_section_description: The Serdi were a Celtic tribe inhabiting Thrace. They were located around Serdica (Bulgarian: Сердика, romanized: Serdika; Latin: Ulpia Serdica; Greek: Σαρδική o Σαρδῶν πόλις, romanized: Sardike o Sardon polis), now Sofia in Bulgaria, which reflects their ethnonym. They would have established themselves in this area during the Celtic migrations at the end of the 4th century BC, though there is no evidence for their existence before the 1st century BC. Serdi are among traditional tribal names reported into the Roman era. They were gradually Thracianized over the centuries but retained their Celtic character in material culture up to a late date. According to other sources they may have been simply of Thracian origin, according to others they may have become of mixed Thraco-Celtic origin.
caption: O: head of river-god Strymon  R: trident  This coin was struck by Serdi tribe in 187-168 BC or later. It's an overstrike on official Macedonian coin and imitates another Macedonian type. Imitations from Serdi region weren't used to fool Macedonian traders but as their own currency.
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