Agate stamp seal. Sasanian, 5th - 6th century AD H 2.3 cm, W 2.8 cm. Conoid with cross hole. The high oval seal face depicts a man in a tunic piercing an erect lion with his spear. Cf. Hennig, Classical Gems. Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1994) p. 189, no. 415. intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.
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