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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3104430, member: 51347&quot;][USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] , since the Egyptians did not have coinage prior to the Ptolemies, I collect Scarabs (Scarabae) as placemarkers in their History.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is pretty much how and why I collect Ancients: as placemarkers in Ancient History.&nbsp; Fun.&nbsp; I try to do the same in other Ancient cultures.&nbsp; If they do not have coinage, I capture small artefacts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Scarabs were not buried with the dead.&nbsp; Many were worn as amulets, talismans, good luck charms, etc.&nbsp; Hence the hole drilled from head to end, so that it could be strung as a necklace.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, your Ant Nose / Ghost cleaned up well.&nbsp; Most Ancient Chinese collections keep the patina as a proof they are authenic.&nbsp; If I remember my Chinese History correctly, the State of Chu was the last major state to fall to Ying Zheng of Qin.&nbsp; He became Qin Shi HangDi - First Emperor of China.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786323[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt SCARAB Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE Scarabeaus Sphinx</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786324[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt Amenhotep III Scarab 1390-1352 BCE cartouch Neb Maat Ra 43.37g 45mm ex Gustave Mustake</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786328[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt Scarab RAMESSES II cartouche 19th Dyn 1292-1189 BCE winged uraeus cobra 4.1g 19mm Gustave Mustaki coll acquired fr Egypt in 1948[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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