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LOT 0294
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Winged Lions
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.39 grams, 24 mm).
Biconical with median gusset, gryphon and beast-tamer image.
ProvenanceEx 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0294
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Winged Lions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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