Ancient Iran Scythian Bronze Arrow Head, circa 700-300 BC surface porosity and rough flashes

surface porosity and rough flashes around some edges

Mounted in a wood and gold border frame

together with minor incidental traces of gold paint to the surface

along with firing marks throughout the body

Recently mounted in a contemporary black frame behind glass

Ancient Iran Scythian Bronze Arrow Head, circa 700-300 BC surface porosity and rough flashesAncient Scythian Bronze Arrow Head, circa 700 300 BC. The Scythians were a group of ancient tribes of nomadic Iranian warriors who originally lived in what is now Southern Siberia. Their culture flourished from around 900 BC to around 200 BC, by which time they had extended their influence all over Central Asia from China to the northern Black Sea. They were fierce archers and potentially the most feared warriors on horseback. This exquisite bronze