A ROMAN SARDONYX INTAGLIO, the high conical bezel cut with the bust of a youthful Herakles, with lionskin tied around his neck, in modern setting, 1.1cm. across; another, with head of a bearded philosopher(?), with balding head, 1.3cm. across; another, with a vase, the high tall neck cut with figure of a running animal, 1cm. across; an opaque intaglio cut with a crayfish, 1.4cm. across, all 1st-2nd Century A.D.; and a chalcedony intaglio showing a left hand holding a cornucopia, ear of corn and a poppy head, 1.2cm. across, 1st Century B.C. (5)