Circa 200 AD An impressive oval carnelian intaglio with two soldiers wearing armour. One is seated whilst the other one stands, from left to right, both holding spears of which cross the tangs of the spears well defined. Finely modelled by artisan. Henig M. & MacGregor A.; Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Finger Rings in the Ashmolean Museum. Size: L:18mm / W:15mm; 1.4g Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.