ANCIENT ASIA MINOR WESTERN ASIAN BACTRIAN SWAT VALLEY BANDED AGATE TAPERED BEAD

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AN ANCIENT ELEGANT ASIA MINOR WESTERN ASIAN SWAT VALLEY AGATE BEAD FROM THE BACTRIAN PERIOD. BLACK, GREY, BROWN, GOLD WITH WHITE BANDINGS ON THIS TAPERED SHAPED AGATE BEAD. THIS IS A TREASURED HEIRLOOM BEAD OVER 2200 YEARS OLD. THESE AGATE HEIRLOOM BEADS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR COLLECTOR'S BEADS IN ASIA IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. EBAY HAS BEEN PROLIFERATED WITH COUNTERFEIT AND PHONY BEADS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WITH OUT A DOUBT THIS BEAD IS AUTHENTIC. THE PUMTEKMAN OFFERS ONLY AUTHENTIC BEADS ON HIS EBAY SITE. BEADS SUCH AS THIS ONE ARE RARE  AND WHEN YOU STUDY THE PHOTOS  YOU WILL RECOGNIZE WHAT QUALITIES CONSTITUTE AN AUTHENTIC BEAD, SO STUDY AWAY !!! SCHOLARSHIP IS REQUIRED WHEN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE HOBBY OF ANCIENT AGATE BEAD COLLECTING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHERE THE BEAD CAME FROM AND WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNER  [ SUSINETTI COLLECTION  1993 ].  THE SIZE IS LISTED ABOVE. THE PUMTEKMAN STARTING COLLECTING THESE BEADS DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BEAD IMPORTERS IN THE 1990'S. THE SIZE 12.4 BY 7.4 MM.