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Five Disks with Greek Scripts
Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) or Central–West Asia, 2nd century CE
Not on view
Inscribed on these disks is a blundered rendition of a legend found on a Parthian coin, a reflection of the vivid exchange between Han China, the Hellenistic West, and Central Asia via the Silk Road.
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