Drachma

Iran , Sasaian Empire, Persia

  • Titles Drachma (Descriptive)
  • Medium silver
  • Dimensions 1 1/4 in. Diam. (3.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Wilson G. Tyler, 1962.56
  • Work Type coin
  • Classification Exchange Media

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Tall unguentarium, or tear vase or bottle, in the form of a candlestick with a bulbous base and long neck with flared lip of blown glass with iridescent shades of green, gold and purple.
Small, roundish bottle, or jar, of blown bluish-green, slightly translucent and iridescent glass with two curved handles and a thin bail handle of a different green glass, with narrow neck, the body decorated with applied, thin glass bands above a thicker, band of darker blue-green glass applied in a zig-zag pattern.