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Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure
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LOT 0499

Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure

3RD CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (6.52 grams, 17 mm).

With scene to underside of a winged figure advancing.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 0499

Romano-Egyptian Haematite Scarab with Gnostic Figure

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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