Department: Archaeology department

Inventory number: 35552/1-12

Artefact's name: Dacian coins, type Radulesti - Hunedoara

Material: Silver

Method of manufacture:

Decoration type: Excision

Preservation: Very good

Restauration: Restored

Completeness: Complete

Heigth (mm):

Diameter (mm): 25-30

Width (mm):

Thickness (mm):

Weight (g): 9,09-11,23

Epoque: Dacian

Period: Classic

Absolute chronology: II-I century B.C

Country: România

District: Hunedoara

Village: Bozeº; Raduleºti; Sãlaºul de Sus; Costeºti

Condition of discovery: Unknown

Discovery type: Other

Front side. Herakles head, and the fur of the lion from Nemeea, very stylized: prominent sharp cheen; lips 2 parallel cell lines; the nose is a slightely oblique line; the eye a cell circle; the hair 2 concentrical semicercles. There is a sharp angle under the chin, with cells bent on the right; in front of the nose, there is an S shape loop with two points inside it. Reverse side. Stylized horse and rider at trot, seen from the right. The rider`s head and helmet in the shape of a pointed hat and cell in the midddle. The horse with arched back part of the body and the neck ending in a rectangular body. Mane in the shape of a string of pearls, triangular tail. Under the horse we can see the ground line, with a dot at its endings and one in the middle. All is in a linear circle.

Inscription:

Octavian Floca, Dacia XI-XII, 1944-1947, p. 71-104 Constantin Preda, Monedele; 1975, p. 300-307 Traian Bãlan, Sargetia IV, 1966, p. 51-64.

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