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Tetradrachm Apollokopf-Dickschrötling Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Dacian tribes |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Apollo rendered in the Celto-Dacian barbarous style, derived from Macedonian prototype tetradrachms. The visage is presented full-face with schematized, deeply cut features including a prominent bulbous nose and exaggerated lips. Long wavy hair falls to either side of the face and is adorned with a wreath of stylized leaves across the crown, with a small rosette or floral ornament visible at the top center. The modeling is bold and high-relief, characteristic of the thick-flan (Dickschrötling) fabric, with the abstracted Celtic interpretation of Hellenistic portraiture evident throughout. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 201 BC) |
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Dacian silver imitations of Macedonian tetradrachms proliferated across the Carpathian basin during the third century BC, each generation of copying introducing deliberate or accidental stylistic drift that makes attribution to a specific tribe nearly impossible without hoard context. The "Dickschrötling" designation — thick flan — distinguishes this striking from the broader Apollokopf series, which spans dozens of regional variants catalogued by Göbl and Kostial with overlapping typologies that specialists continue to debate.
Hoard evidence from Romanian and Slovak sites suggests these circulated alongside Macedonian originals rather than replacing them.