Seleucid, ca. 2nd - 1st century BC. A beautiful hematite (?) stamp seal from the region of Bactria/Turkmenistan, Graeco-Seleucid period. A naked divine hero (Apollos) receives a Nike/Victoria. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:32.4mm / W:22.5mm ; 14.78gProvenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.