PNDL1)
INDUS/BAKTRIAN,
c.
4000-500 BC, bronze needle, 94mm long, unknown location in NWFP,
rare artifact because of its fragility,
$63.00
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PB2)
BAKTRIAN,
c.
800-300 BC, bronze buttons, 17-23mm dia., slightly domed, single
loop on back, lot of 31, from Shityal, Gilgit, about 1/3 have light
chips, F $150.00 sold
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PB3)
GREEK
(or maybe Sasanian or Kushan), c. 300 BC - 300 AD, bronze
button shaped like a facing ram's head, 18x15mm, from Darel, Gilgit,
nice
VF $45.00 sold
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Purchaser informs me that this MUST be Scythian.
I may be wrong. He may be right. The thing exists, but I cannot
hear its song.
PB1)
GREEK,
c.
250-150 BC, bronze button, 23mm diameter, simple incised decoration,
from Darel, Gilgit, Northwest Frontier, VF $18.00
sold
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PBK2)
GREEK
(or Scythian?),
c. 300-50 BC, bronze buckle, 37x31mm, 18g,
2 mouselike animals kissing, from Bahrain(?)-Swat, F $45.00
sold 5/11/2009
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KUSHAN, c. 50-400 AD,
bronze pins, from Tangir, Gilgit district:
PP5)
110mm long with flat square top 19mm across, numerous bull's eyes decorate
top and shaft, about 1/3 of top is missing, nice smooth surface, VF
$16.00 sold
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PP6)
a) 118mm long, lotus bud head, thick, patchy patina, F $20.00 sold
b) 127mm long, "mushroom cap" shaped
head, thick, patchy patina, F $16.00 sold
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PP9) SASANIAN, c.
251-350 AD, bronze pin, 141mm long, 26mm dia. flat, round head,
from Darel, NWFP, corroded spots on shaft, otherwise pretty nice, $30.00
sold
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PBT4)
SASANIAN,
c.
250-350 AD, lot of bronze buttons, 2x 15mm dia., 1x 29mm, rounded
to conical with crossbar for fastening, from Darel, NWFP, 3 pcs, F-VF
$25.00
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227-13.
Bronze buckle lot: 1) British military or sim., 2) native & older,
3) medieval or late ancient, 4) horse trace cross, from Gilgit, one
is chipped, avg. VG-F, $25.00 sold
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