On the obverse side of a silver tetradrachm minted in Eastern Europe, the head of young Dionysos is depicted. The god is young and beardless. He wears a wreath of ivy leaves. On the reverse side, Herakles is depicted holding the lion skin and the club.

The engraver, of non-Greek origin, tried to imitate the Thassian silver tetradrachms. However, he rendered Dionysos and Herakles so schematically that they look like "caricatures", due to lacking of artistic experience and specialization required in toreutics. Similarly, because he didn't understand the Greek language, he replaced the inscription of the Thassian coins - ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Herakles Soter / Savior) and ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (by Thassian’s citizens) - with incomprehensible and unrelated letters. Thus, they serve as decorative patterns and do not identify of the authority that issued the coins.