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Interesting composite bowhunting coin?

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PjSingh
I found this on another site and thought it might be of interest to the members here.
Zoran Pavlovic
Hi PjSingh
Great picture. I am sure this is silver Sassanid disc from the 5th century AD from ''Metropolitan Museum of Art''.This hunting scene represents the king Peroz-Firuz in a hunting.True representation of ''Hunnic'' type bow?
Uli
.. note the "Sassanid Draw" :wink:
hcspng
Yes it's a Sassanian silverware.
Zarasp
wow, this is exactly like our back tirkash draw,

the horse is iranian too, its a kurd horse, found west of iran.

thank you for the beautiful picture.
Zarasp
kurd stallion in iran,