A Roman domed sardonyx intaglio Circa 1st Century B.C. With a head of Medusa, the face surrounded by snake-like locks of hair, in modern gold ring setting; seven intaglios mounted in a modern gold pendant, including a Roman garnet intaglio with a hand holding an ear between thumb and forefinger, three amethyst intaglios, each with a running animal, a boar, stag and a goat, a plasma intaglio with figure of Mercury, all circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., a cornelian intaglio with stylized peacock and an obsidian intaglio with helmeted head of a warrior, pendant 1¼in. (3.2cm.) long; and a rectangular bloodstone intaglio with St George and the Dragon, in modern gold ring setting, intaglio Medieval Item one: finger size M Item three: finger size N (3)
A Roman domed sardonyx intaglio Circa 1st Century B.C. With a head of Medusa, the face surrounded by snake-like locks of hair, in modern gold ring setting; seven intaglios mounted in a modern gold pendant, including a Roman garnet intaglio with a hand holding an ear between thumb and forefinger, three amethyst intaglios, each with a running animal, a boar, stag and a goat, a plasma intaglio with figure of Mercury, all circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., a cornelian intaglio with stylized peacock and an obsidian intaglio with helmeted head of a warrior, pendant 1¼in. (3.2cm.) long; and a rectangular bloodstone intaglio with St George and the Dragon, in modern gold ring setting, intaglio Medieval Item one: finger size M Item three: finger size N (3)
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