That is some fine workmanship!
The magnifying glass had not yet been invented?.............
I love intaglio.
Kinda unusual they would use banded agate, tho.
Very fine detail for that period. Suspecting someone needs to recalibrate their time detector.
He looks a bit light in the sabatons.
Speaking of sabatons:
Sabaton is a Swedish metal band who focus on military battles - https://www.youtube.com/@Sabaton/releases
Sabaton’s brilliant channel of info on historical battles history - https://www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory/videos
Yea. Hoax.