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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