Chalcedony Intaglio Seal

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A wonderful 15kt yellow gold intaglio seal fob that weighs approx. 32.4 grams. The octagonal carved medium orangy red chalcedony, approx. 27.0 X 21.0mm, shows a  helmeted figure with a shield and sword and the words "CUNCTANDO RESTITUIT REM", which per Google Translate, is "He hesitated and returned the matter" 

The inscription, per Wikipedia, may refer to;

"Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator (c. 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was censor in 230 BC. His agnomen, Cunctator, usually translated as "the delayer", refers to the strategy that he employed against Hannibal's forces during the Second Punic War. Facing an outstanding commander with superior numbers, he pursued a then-novel strategy of targeting the enemy's supply lines, and accepting only smaller engagements on favourable ground, rather than risking his entire army on direct confrontation with Hannibal himself. As a result, he is regarded as the originator of many tactics used in guerrilla warfare.^[1]"