RARE GREEK PERIOD BLACK STONE SCARAB WITH ARAMAIC INSCRIPTION IN SILVER RING

Ca. 500 BC. > A black stone scarab with a plain convex back and a flat underside bearing an inscription in two registers. A pair of horizontal rules divides the registers, which are enclosed within a single incised oval border. Mounted in a possibly later silver ring, the scarab revolves on a transverse swivel pin set between the hoop terminals, each bound with a coiled wire collar. > > Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 5.5g > Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s. > > >

Stima:€177.9

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