Five Fine Sassanian Stone Stamp Seal Beads

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Sassanian (also Sasanian, Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. A fine gathering of 5 hand-carved stone stamp seals from the ancient Sassanian E

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Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 200 to 700 CE. A pair of seal beads carved from chalcedony and agate, the larger is strung on a modern silver wire

Ancient Near East, Persia, Sassanian (also Sasanian, Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A fabulous ensemble of 4 Sassanian stone stamp seal beads, each of hemispherical form with varying col

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 200 to 700 CE. A pair of seal beads carved from chalcedony and agate, the larger is

Ancient Near East, modern day Turkey / Syria, Archaic period, ca. 3rd millennium BCE; Iron Age II to III, 10th to 6th century BCE. A fabulous ensemble of five stone seal beads from the Ancient Near Ea

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE; Parthian to Sassanian Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE. A pair of stone stamp seal beads each wit

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. Two fine examples of some of the most iconic Sassanian artifacts, stone seal beads, both drilled for suspension. One is a near-translucent, yellow quartz, poli

Ancient Near East, Syria, Archaic Period, ca. 2500 to 1800 BCE. A fine hand-carved stamp seal bead displaying a hemispherical body and flat face bearing a minimalistic geometric pattern. Boasting a sm

Ancient Near East, Middle East, Syria to Northern Iraq, Proto-Literate Period, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. A fine carved stone stamp of half-spherical form with a vertical drill hole for suspension. The cir

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. A fantastical O-type stone seal bead with a central piercing for suspension and a

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Sassanian (also Sasanian, Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. A fine gathering of 4 hand-carved stone stamp seals from the ancient Sassanian E

**Originally Listed At $450** Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A deep green, glossy stone stamp seal bead with a flat, ovoid face and a

A fine ancient carnelian stone stamp seal dating back to the Sassanian Empire period, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. Decorated with carved motifs all around the surface and to the flat side of the seal. T

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Parthian to Sassanian Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 600 CE. A collection of stone seal beads formed from carnelian, agate, quartz, and

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East/Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian/Sasanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A deep brown hematite stone stamp with an intriguing scene on the seal face an

Central Asia to northern Africa, Sasanian Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. Two fine carnelian intaglios along with an equally fine stamp seal. Each from beautifully toned red-orange stone etched with ancien

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 224 to 651 CE. A fine carved hematite stamp seal of a deep grey hue in the form of a half-sp

3rd-7th century A.D. and later. A group of two stamp seals: one Sassanian hexagonal-section rock crystal seal with engraved script to five faces, pierced lug to one face; a conoid blue stone stamp sea

Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 500 CE. A wonderful collection of eighteen carved stone beads with incised designs, in hues of brown, emerald, citrine, topaz, white, gray, and brown, all perforated f

3rd-4th century A.D. Each plano-convex in form and drilled for suspension, engraved motifs to base including a winged horse, leaping quadruped, scorpion and an eagle with spread wings; stones includin

3rd-7th century A.D. The polished plano-convex body drilled for suspension, the ram depicted couchant facing left to base. 3.19 grams, 17 mm (3/4 in.). Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection

A pair of ancient Middle Eastern hand-carved stone seals. Presumably of Syrian origin, Proto-Literate period, ca. 3500 to 2500 BC. A rectangular stamp impressing a deer. A pyramid-shaped seal bead imp

Near East, Achaemenid with Greek influence, ca. 550 to 300 BCE. A striking stone stamp seal bead, pierced laterally for suspension and made from beautiful black banded agate with orange and creamy gre