Code: 12900
This is an early Iron Age gold appliqué, dating to the 5th century B.C. It belongs to the Eastern European Sakae culture of a Royal Scyth. The appliqué is made from a hammered gold sheet, decorated with a repoussé design. The back of the appliqué is folded for attachment. Such items were worn, sewn onto clothing, or attached to an elaborate headdress. It is a superb and very bold example, slightly split from the excavation and traces of verdigris inside from attachment..
It is a great-looking piece of early gold, in excellent excavated condition.
OBJECT: Appliqué
CULTURE: Early Iron Age / Sakae Culture
DATE: c. 5th century B.C.
MATERIAL: Gold
SIZE: 42mm x 21mm x 4mm
WEIGHT: 0.96 grams
PROVENANCE: Ex. S. Reynolds collection of Scythian art. Cambridgeshire
