Naked ancient warrior impaled on a spear. Unknown figure engraved on carnelian and dactylotheca. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Ignotus Cuspide Laesus in Carneolo & Dactyl. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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