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LOT 0462
Egyptian Stone Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (18 grams total, 14-21 mm).
Including scarab, pedestal-base and other types. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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