Parthian Bronze Medallion with a Bearded Man

150-100 B.C.

1 3/8 in. (8.42 grams, 36 mm).

From the time Mithradates I of Parthia, discoid in plan with concentric bands of punched geometric motifs surrounding a profile male bust in low-relief; loop to reverse.

Provenance

Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1168