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Tetradrachm Ohrlocke Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Dacian tribes |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Kostial#404, Preda MGD#Pl.8-11 |
| Obverse description | Celticised laureate and bearded head of Zeus facing right, rendered in a schematised barbarous style derived from Macedonian prototypes. A prominent spiral curl or ring-lock (Ohrlocke) is visible behind the ear, characteristic of this type series. The laurel wreath is depicted as bold, stylised leaf forms splaying dramatically to the left of the head. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, with the facial features — including a schematic beard rendered as a mass of rounded curls — exhibiting the strong artistic abstraction typical of Celtic-Dacian die-cutters. |
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| Reverse description | A rider on horseback advancing to the right, depicted in a vigorous, schematised Celticised manner derived from the Macedonian tetradrachm tradition. The horse is shown in a prancing or galloping posture with forelegs raised, its anatomy rendered with characteristic Celtic abstraction. The rider sits upright, wearing a helmet, with the body reduced to simplified geometric forms. Small pellets appear in the field above the horse. The Greek legend ΔVOI appears in the lower exergual area beneath the horse, and the entire composition is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔVOI |
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