Rare Double Scarab

287, Lot: 925. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

3rd Intermediate Period. Circa 1077-653 BC. Green glazed steatite double-scarab (6x9mm). Back carved as a pair of scarabs. Base repeats the signs for ‘khper-ra’ (perhaps the name of Shoshenq V). Cf. Matouk II, 169-70. Pierced for mounting. Rare.

From the Dr. John N. Winnie Collection. Purchased from Bruce Antiquities on 27 February 2000.