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Ring with anchor and fish


Silver
Early Christian, 3rd century AD
Width: 1 5/16 inches (3.4 cm.)
Private Collection

Although ultimately deriving from late Hellenistic prototypes, the fish-and-anchor symbol was adopted by Christian artists as a reference to Jesus (the fish) and Hope in Salvation (Hebrews 6:19, "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth within the veil").

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