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BRONZE MIRROR

$100.00

III century A.D.

Cast bronze with tin-enrichment of the surface during the course of casting. Flat disk with a ridge along the perimeter and diametrical lines in relief, dividing the disk into eight equal parts. Fragment of suspension loop is missing (ancient loss).
D. 2.4″ (6 cm).

See: H.Jänichen. Bildzeichen der kniglichen Hoheit beiden iranishen Völkern. Bonn, 1956.
B.Nadel. Uwagi metodyczne o badaniach nad tzw. zagadkowymi znakami Polnocnego Nadczarnomorza z okresu antycznego. A., XIII, 1962, Warszawa, 1963.

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