Achaemenid Silver and Gold Cylinder Seal Pendant. 1st millennium BC or earlier. A silver cylinder seal with incuse design of a male figure standing between two regardant horned bulls, a crescent and six-pointed star in the field above; with gold caps and a suspension loop composed of coiled wire.11.9 grams, 33mm (1 1/4"). From a private family collection formed in London from the mid 1980s-early 1990s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10675-174187.See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals From The Marcopoli Collection, USA, 1984, p.183, for comparable designs.