3rd-2nd century BCE
Diam. 7.5 x W. 1.5 x Thickness 0.9 cm (2 15/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 50 g
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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