426, Lot: 666. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Horemheb (circa 1321-1293 BC). Steatite scaraboid (16x9mm). Base is engraved with the throne name of Horemheb, Djeserkheperure Setepenre (“Holy are the Manifestations of Re, Chosen of Re”). Cf. Basel 390; Hall 2713. Intact, delightful blue glaze, pierced for mounting. Very rare.

Ex David Hendin Collection of Scarabs (Classical Numismatic Group 93, 22 May 2013), lot 1969.