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Description : Egypt, Roman/Coptic Period, c. 2nd- 4th century AD The earliest form of Paleo-Christian symbolic image of Christ on the cross. The staurogram predates the Chi-Rho image. It instead combines the Rho and the Tau. Beautiful swirling iridescent surface. Wonderful and impressive object. Very rare.
Price: 343.75 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 300 USD-900 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 129
Title : Egyptian Glass Disc With Staurogram
Size : 2” (5.1 cm)
Provenance : The John J. Slocum Collection - Newport, RI Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby’s, London in 1997.
Condition report : Small chip to rim.
Ancient Objects, auctioneer, Providence, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Classical Antiquities - Early Hindu & Asian Art - Paintings - Natural History, etc.
Sale date : 15 Oct 2017 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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