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A very interesting and extremely rare steatite scarab, dating to the late period, possibly Ptolemaic, c. 400-200 BC.
The Scarab has a very unusual shape of another insect than the dung beetle and is engraved in the base with greek or latin letters 'I-V-A'
Size: c. 22 mm. - large and very attractive!
Condition: Superb!
Provenance: Gorny & Mosch, December 2010, Ex. old German collection
Antiquities
Ancient Roman
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