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Tetradrachm Ringellocke Type
| Issuer | Uncertain Eastern European Celts |
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| Year | 300 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 13.70 g |
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| Reverse description | Rider on horseback advancing to the right in a vigorous, dynamic pose, the horse depicted with raised forelegs in a prancing or galloping stance. The rider, rendered in a schematic Celtic style, holds a weapon or staff and wears a broad-brimmed hat-like form atop the head. The horse's neck is adorned with a beaded torque or neckband, and additional pellet-and-bar ornamental elements are distributed throughout the field, characteristic of the Eastern Celtic reduction of the Macedonian horseman type. Scattered pellets and dumbbell-shaped symbols in the exergual area and field further attest to the advanced stylistic abstraction of this series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Ringellocke" types — named for the tight ringlet curls abstracted from the hair of the original Macedonian prototype — represent a stage in Celtic coin evolution where the Alexandrine or Lysimachan tetradrachm had been copied so many generations removed from the source that the design became nearly unrecognizable, yet internally consistent within its own local tradition. These eastern Celtic issues circulated across a broad swathe of the middle Danube region, passing through tribal networks rather than any centralized issuing authority. The Kostial and Göbl references place this specific die pairing within a tightly clustered typological group, suggesting a single workshop or short-lived production episode rather than a prolonged mint run.