Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Drachm - Osroes I Ecbatana
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 109-129 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 3.44 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Osroes I ruled during one of the most turbulent stretches of Parthian history, his reign overlapping directly with Trajan's eastern campaigns of 113–117 AD. Rome briefly seized Ctesiphon, deposed Osroes, and installed a puppet king — making coins struck in his name during those years documents of a displaced sovereignty minted away from the traditional capital. Ecbatana, the old Median royal seat, served as an alternative mint precisely because the western Parthian heartland was under Roman occupation.
Sellwood 80 is among the later die groupings for Osroes, attributed to the post-Roman-withdrawal phase of his reign.