Copper and Bronze

A selection 62 images from a total of over five hundred ancient copper and bronze pieces as displayed in the publication ‘Copper & Bronze’. The pieces, dating from 3000 BC to 700 AD, are from the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian periods and come from regions such as Elam, Luristan, Amlash, Kaluraz and Ziratie.

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