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LOT 1001
Byzantine Intaglio Gemstone
CIRCA 6TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.3 grams, 17 mm).
With incised legend '+OKA / TOIKO / NENBO / HΘIA' (for 'O KATOIKΩN EN BOHΩEIA' "Whoever dwells in the shelter (of the most high)' from Psalm 90.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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