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Tetradrachm Sattelkopfpferd Type
| Issuer | Dacians of Moldavia |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (200 BC - 1 BC) |
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The "Saddle-head horse" tetradrachms of Moldavian Dacia represent a localized imitation tradition that drifted progressively further from its Macedonian prototype over generations of copying. Each workshop reproduced from the previous generation's coins rather than any master original, producing the cumulative stylistic degradation that defines the type — the horse's head eventually abstracted into the distinctive saddle-shaped form that gives it its modern classification name.
Pink's corpus remains the primary reference for organizing these into sequential subtypes. The two-century production span reflects not a single mint but successive tribal workshops across the Moldavian region, each adding another degree of abstraction.