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BRONZE MIRROR

$300.00

II century A.D.

Cast bronze with tin-enrichment of the surface during the course of casting. Flat disk with lines in relief sharing a common center to form concentrical circles, “birds feet” set perpendicular to each other and spirals. Side handle has an opening for suspension.
D. 1.5″ (3.7 cm). H. 1.8″ (4.6 cm).

See: H.Jänichen. Bildzeichen der kniglichen Hoheit beiden iranishen Völkern. Bonn, 1956, table11,14; B.Nadel. Uwagi metodyczne o badaniach nad tzw. zagadkowymi znakami Polnocnego Nadczarnomorza z okresu antycznego. A., XIII, 1962, Warszawa, 1963, pg. 189, table 11,8.

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