CNG 91, Lot: 1721. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

2nd Intermediate Period. Circa 1650-1550 BC. Steatite scarab (17x11mm). Back is carved into a crisscross pattern, suggestive of a hedgehog, the base engraved with an ornate cross pattern. Intact but with thin crack down back, once glazed, pierced for mounting.

From the Dr. John N. Winnie Collection, purchased from Royal Athena Galleries on 4/11/97.