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Ancient Roman glass beads: Roman mosaic glass bead, 1 century BC- 2nd century AD
Ancient Roman glass beads: Roman mosaic glass bead, 1 century BC- 2nd century AD

Ancient Roman glass beads: Roman mosaic glass bead, 1 century BC- 2nd century AD

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Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Roman mosaic glass bead
Date: 2nd century CE
Mosaic cane glass
Mediterranean or Iran
Folded from a premanufactured complicated mosaic strip of fused triangular red and grey cane sections with white perimeters.
Intact, excellent condition.
Height 8 mm, diameter 7 mm.
For published archaeological examples of this bead in museums collections see:
-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 29: 8