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ID:     BMC_Parthia_32-4
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Osroes I
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 109-129)
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Tetrachalkous
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     117 to 118
Diameter:     18 mm
Obverse Description:     bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem and tiara with "hooks" round crest with horn decoration on side; one broad diadem pendant; three-band spiral torque with no visible end; no wart; hair in large bunch behind curved earflap, no earring; no sequenc
Reverse Description:     female standing right at altar(?) wearing diadem, holding object (snake? Sellwood = scepter) and palm branch; behind, Greek letters ΘΛΥ (vertical); circular border of pellets
Date On Coin:     439 ΘΛΥ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 80.11
Reference2:     BMC Parthia, p.208, 23; plate 32, no. 4 (Osroes)
Photograph Credit:     BMC Parthia (Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia)
Source:     http://parthia.com
Special Comments:     PDC 20571
Notes:     .7 inches. Curr Collection: British Museum Prev collection: Claude Stewart