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LOT 0022

Phoenician Amethyst Scarab

8TH CENTURY B.C.

3/4 in. (3.21 grams, 18 mm).

Plano-convex in section with carved carapace to upper face; two lines of Phoenician script to underside.

Provenance

Acquired in 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12851-241685.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 0022

Phoenician Amethyst Scarab

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

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