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Gold pin with Aphrodite(?), 2nd C BCE, Iran [d/b]

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© Photo: Antiquities Collection of the State Museums in Berlin – Prussian Cultural Heritage Photographer: Barbara Niemeyer http://www.smb-digital.de Identification number. 1986.36

© Photo: Antiquities Collection of the State Museums in Berlin – Prussian Cultural Heritage Photographer: Barbara Niemeyer http://www.smb-digital.de Identification number. 1986.36

Hellenistic gold pin with a figurine of a sitting woman (Aphrodite?) holding a child in her arm. It’s from Iran, 2nd century BCE. A pin is 12.5 cm long.
The pin is a part of a set of grave good from a female grave.

Locality: Haftashan Origin (General): Tehran