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Ancient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canesAncient mosaic bead 173MSA
Ancient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canesAncient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canes
Description

173MSA
Roman mosaic bead
Date: 1- 2 century
Mosaic glass

Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Mosaic strip is composed of sections of concentric mosaic canes. 
Intact, very good condition.
Height 15 mm, diameter 19 mm

For similar beads see:
-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 16: 88