6th century AD. A ceramic personal bulla impression with a horseman dressed in armour holding a raised spear, Pahlavi inscription in two lines of lapidary script around the inner circle. Cf. Gylselen, R. Acta Iranica 44: Sassanian Seals and Sealings in the A.Saeedi Collection, Peeters, 2007, item III/30. 106 grams, 74mm (3″). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s.
