Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Cockerel. 1st-2nd century A.D. Ellipsoid intaglio with large bird perched on a baseline, wings spread as if about to take flight; mounted in a fragment of a ferrous finger ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 274, for type. 5.96 grams, 25 mm (1 in.). [No Reserve] From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.