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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN RED JASPER RING STONE
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with two fisherman in a boat, one casting the net off the ship's prow, the other securing the net from the back, the sea teeming with fish; mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting, the bezel inscribed in Latin, FACIAM VOS FIERI PISCATORES HOMINUM, "I will make you fishers of men," from the Gospel of Matthew, 4:19
9/16 in. (1.45 cm.) long; ring size 8½
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with two fisherman in a boat, one casting the net off the ship's prow, the other securing the net from the back, the sea teeming with fish; mounted as a ring in a 19th century gold setting, the bezel inscribed in Latin, FACIAM VOS FIERI PISCATORES HOMINUM, "I will make you fishers of men," from the Gospel of Matthew, 4:19
9/16 in. (1.45 cm.) long; ring size 8½
Provenance
Private Collection.