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LOT 0439
Phoenician Scarab in Bronze Pendant
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.73 grams, 19 mm).
With loop and intaglio design to underside featuring depictions of a falcon deity (Ra or Ra-Horakhty) flanked by two uraei; with museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman 1980-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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