9th-8th century B.C.. With a tapering round-section shank, finial topped with a ram's head. See Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p.45, no.51, for similar. 110 grams, 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.).

The corpus of pins from Hasanlu includes simple plain pins, pins with lion's head and other zoomorphic pins. The zoomorphic pins were either cast onto a bronze shank or the pin was inserted into a hollow of the head. A third category was that of the pins cast in one piece, like our specimen, representing a goat or mouflon, an animal often depicted in the North-West Persian material culture.

From the collection of late George Withers, UK. Acquired from Dore and Rees, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector. [No Reserve]