© Victoria & Albert Museum. 200B.C.-199A.D. ” The device of the ‘Fede’, two right hands joined, was a favourite subject for Roman wedding and betrothal rings, as well as those exchanged between friends and even between armies and nations, signifying fidelity. This intaglio seal stone was probably given as a keepsake between two friends, whose names are engraved above and below the clasped hands.”