410, Lot: 989. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Steatite cowroid. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Thutmose III (circa 1479-1425 BC). Cowrie-shaped seal with unadorned back and piercing for suspension. On face, r mn xpr, a name of Thutmose III (13x6mm). A small but well-preserved specimen.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lo 2741.

The son of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, Thutmose III was the sixth pharoah of the 18th Dynasty. He ruled for over half a century, during which time the Egyptian Empire reached its zenith.