A Roman cornelian intaglio of Ares walking to the left, wearing a crested helmet, holding a spear in one hand and shouldering a trophy, 1st-2nd Century A.D.; a banded sardonyx high conical intaglio, showing a bird; and another, with Psyche as a butterfly and Cupid, in swivel ring, all set in modern gold ring mounts

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A Roman cornelian intaglio of Ares walking to the left, wearing a crested helmet, holding a spear in one hand and shouldering a trophy, 1st-2nd Century A.D.; a banded sardonyx high conical intaglio, showing a bird; and another, with Psyche as a butterfly and Cupid, in swivel ring, all set in modern gold ring mounts
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