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Tetrachalkon - Osroes I

Features

Issuer Parthian Empire (Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD))
Król Osroes I (109-129)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 420-428 (108-116)
Calendar Seleucid era
Value Tetrachalkon (1⁄16)
Currency Drachm (247 BC-224 AD)
Composition Brąz
Weight 14.23 g
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
415808
References Sellwood# 80.7 (A to left of Tyche), 80.8, etc.
David Grenville Sellwood; 1980. An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (2nd Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, Sunrise# 444
Bradley R. Nelson (ed.); 2011. Numismatic Art of Persia / Part I: Ancient - 650 BC to AD 650: The Sunrise Collection. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

(en) Diademed bust of Osroes I left, wearing long pointed beard, hair in bunches above head and over ears.

Reverse

(en) Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right, KV (date) to right.

Script: grecki

Mint

Seleucia on the Tigris, Iraq

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
420 (108 AD)  (en) KV
424 (112 AD)  Sellwood# 80.8
David Grenville Sellwood; 1980. An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (2nd Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
(en) ΔΚΥ; B on obverse.
424 (112 AD)  Photo Sellwood# 80.8 var
David Grenville Sellwood; 1980. An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (2nd Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
(en) ΔKΥ
428 (116 AD)  Sellwood# 80.9
David Grenville Sellwood; 1980. An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (2nd Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
(en) ΗΚΥ

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Tetrachalkon - Osroes I
CNG
Electronic Auction 593
Lot 302
Internet Archive
13 Aug 2025 424 (112 AD) – Sellwood# 80.8 var – (en) ΔKΥ VF USD 300.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Very rare without the B letter on the obverse.

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