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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2392982, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Congrats Johndakerftw =&gt; very cool OP-example ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; yup, a Roman lead bullet is very, very cool</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I still only have these two humble scarab examples (I wanted another one, but I was outbid at a CNG auction a few weeks ago)&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">2nd Intermediate Period Steatite scarab</span></b></p><p>Circa 1650-1550 BC</p><p>Diameter: 21 x 15 mm</p><p>Obverse: Base engraved with <b>two crocodiles back-to-back</b>. Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting.</p><p>From the David Hendin Collection</p><p>[ATTACH=full]491789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">2nd Intermediate Period Steatite scarab</span></b></p><p>Circa 1650-1550 BC</p><p>Diameter: 23 x 16 mm</p><p>Obverse: Base engraved with an <b>antelope walking right; palm branches</b> in field. A few minor chips and cracks, otherwise intact, part of greenish-brown glaze remaining, pierced for mounting.</p><p>From the David Hendin Collection</p><p>[ATTACH=full]491790[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">.... yah, scarabs are very cool as well, eh? (oh, and they&#039;re over 3,600 years old!!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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