Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead

Description

Roman gold foil glass bead
1-2 century
Eastern Mediterranean or Persia
Section of the tube with gold foil is in between 2 layers of clear glass
. Smooth ends.
Intact, good condition
.
Size: D. 8 mm, H. 12 mm
For similar published examples in museum collections see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, p. 154: #199.
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 26: 68-71.