Gold and Sassanian seal ring R277
Afghan 20K gold ring set with a red cornelian Sassanian seal depicting a walking cherub with wings.
Afghanistan.
Sassanid empire (AD 224-642).
Read
The Art of the Sassanian and on Sassanian Seals from the Collection of the Late Edward Gans, at UC Berkeley here.
New gold.
Interior circumference: 56.5 mm.
3.7 gr.