CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE RED JASPER RINGSTONE
CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone with bevelled sides, engraved with an interlocking X and T; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting, the hoop engraved above and below in German with a passage from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long, ring size 9

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe, acquired in the 1960s.

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Lot Essay

The device on this ring stone is a combination of a Tau-cross and the letter "X" for the Greek word "XPICTOC" (Christ). The Tau-cross is also known as the Cross of St. Antony, as it is the iconographical attribute of Antoninus the Great, the founder of Monasticism in Egypt.

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