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Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« on: April 30, 2018, 04:48:42 am »
Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???

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Avar, Strap-end, looking two "cats" or "dogs" AE-Gold-plated. Medieval, #11
Maybe the 6th or 8th Centuries??? ,
size: 27x12,5x5mm,
weight:7,07g,

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Re: Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2018, 04:57:39 am »
Wonderfull with great picturing
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Re: Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2018, 05:22:28 am »
Great Addition!!! Congrats
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Re: Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2018, 05:35:29 am »
Thank you, Eric and Canaan, +++

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Re: Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2018, 08:20:37 pm »
Very nice.  Especially with the gilding.

Likely 8th century - late Avar period.

The animals are likely steppe animals.  Antelope.  Perhaps leopard??

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Re: Nice Avar, Gold-plated, Strap-end, with animals, cats or dogs ???
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2018, 02:40:51 pm »
Thank you, Shawn,  :) +++

The animal has a long tail that comes back, I think some kind of cat or dog can be leopard but not antelope.

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