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Sasanian Stamp Seal with Tulip
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Pre AD 1000 item# 590678
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$100
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Long an opponent of the Roman and Byzantine empires, the Sasanian empire (AD 224-642) was the last independent Persian monarchy before the Arab conquest of Western Asia in the 7th Century AD. The Sasanian Dynasty began with a regional ruler in the province of Fars in southwest Iran, whose empire eventually stretched from India to the Black Sea after defeating the last of the Parthian emperors. The state religion was Zoroastrianism and many seals bear testament to the importance of this faith in ...click for details
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Persian Horse and Rider Figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 590606
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$550
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Persian horse and rider figures are characterized by a hand-made horse and a rider with a hand-made body and mold-made face. Figures belonging to this category are found at a number of Near Eastern sites, and evidence suggests that they were produced from the Neo-Babylonian period (ca. 626 B.C.) through the end of the Parthian period (ca. 224 A.D.). Unfortunately, the criteria used for distinguishing earlier from later examples is quite vague, with most attributed to the Parthian period. As is t ...click for details
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Sasanian Stamp Seal with Zebu Bull
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Pre AD 1000 item# 586160
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$135
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Long an opponent of the Roman and Byzantine empires, the Sasanian empire (AD 224-642) was the last independent Persian monarchy before the Arab conquest of Western Asia in the 7th Century AD. The Sasanian Dynasty began with a regional ruler in the province of Fars in southwest Iran, whose empire eventually stretched from India to the Black Sea after defeating the last of the Parthian emperors. The state religion was Zoroastrianism and many seals bear testament to the importance of this faith in ...click for details
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Sasanian Stamp Seal with Fire Altar
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Pre AD 1000 item# 586158
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(330) 612-3957
$120
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Long an opponent of the Roman and Byzantine empires, the Sasanian empire (AD 224-642) was the last independent Persian monarchy before the Arab conquest of Western Asia in the 7th Century AD. The Sasanian Dynasty began with a regional ruler in the province of Fars in southwest Iran, whose empire eventually stretched from India to the Black Sea after defeating the last of the Parthian emperors. The state religion was Zoroastrianism and many seals bear testament to the importance of this faith in ...click for details
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Nice Sasanian Stamp Seal of a Bird
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Pre AD 1000 item# 586152
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$140
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Long an opponent of the Roman and Byzantine empires, the Sasanian empire (AD 224-642) was the last independent Persian monarchy before the Arab conquest of Western Asia in the 7th Century AD. The Sasanian Dynasty began with a regional ruler in the province of Fars in southwest Iran, whose empire eventually stretched from India to the Black Sea after defeating the last of the Parthian emperors. The state religion was Zoroastrianism and many seals bear testament to the importance of this faith in ...click for details
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