Copper-alloy, 42.48 grams, 57.24 mm. Circa 4th century BC. Scythian art is one of the first and most important animal-based art styles of the Old World. It influenced the later art of central, western and northern Europe in ways which are still poorly understood. One of the central motifs of this art was of a horse with its neck and back arched so that its tail was close to its mouth, as if falling over while galloping. Evolved forms include the horse's head, which is in evidence here. The mount/pendant features a horse-head with extended tongue, looping on a long carinated neck with lobed extensions from a bulb with lateral lobes; the bulb surmounts a sub-circular ring with a circular mount on the reverse and develops into a lozengiform facetted lobe with spherical terminal. The latter fitting has a phallic quality. There are traces of red pigmentation on the surface. Reference: Braund, D. Scythians and Greeks: Cultural Interaction in Scythia, Athens and the Early Roman Empire - Sixth Century BC to First Century AD, Exeter, 2005. Very fine condition.