Spier, Gems, 444.

London, British Museum, M&LA 95,11–13,1; from the Franks collection (1895); said to have been found at Costanza, Romania. Cornelian, flat, c. 13.5 x 10.5; some chips. Jesus on cross; small figures of the twelve apostles stand below, six on either side; above, ΙΧΘΥC (positive).

Published: Cecil Smith, “The Crucifixion on a Greek Gem”, BSA 3 (1896–7), 201–6; BMC Early Christian, 7, no. 43, pl. 1; BMC Post-Classical, 74, no. 544, pl. 17; Johannes Reil, Die frühchristlichen Darstellungen der Kreuzigung Christi (Leipzig, 1904), 57–58, pl. 1, 2; Leclercq, “Gemmes”, 816, no. 52, fig. 4943; DACL, vol. 3, part 2, 3050, fig. 3357, s.v. “Croix et crucifix” (H. Leclercq); Leclercq, Manuel, vol. 2, 368, fig. 267; Dolger, Fischsymbol, vol. 1, 322–6, no. 51, pl. 3, 14 (suggesting a Syrian origin); Derchain, “Die alteste Darstellung des Gekreuzigten”, 110; G. Schiller, Ikonographie der christlichen Kunst, vol. 2 (1968), 100, pl. 438, no. 321; Barnea, Roumaine, 73–74, no. 41, fig. 19; Engemann, “Glyptik”, 294, fig. 10; G.H.R. Horsley, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 1 (1981), 140, no. 90.