Two warriors showing mutual trust, perhaps Greek heroes Achilles (Achle) and Agamemnon (Achmemrun). Naked soldiers in Greek helmets shaking hands. One with beard holding a shield with the head of Medusa. From an engraved variegated agate gem. Milites Fidem sese Mutuo Praestantes in Achate Variec in Acad Etrus. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti’s Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

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