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LOT 0928
Sassanian Agate Stamp Seal Collection
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (22.1 grams total, 11-21 mm).
Each with pierced body; engraved to the underside with an amphora, a hare, a bird and a star. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
See Gyselen, R., Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Acta Iranica 44, Herent, 2007.
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