Gold and Sassanian seal ring R278
Afghan 20K gold ring set with a translucent crystal Sassanian seal depicting a bird on the ground.
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: 57 mm.
4.7 gr.