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Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes
Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes
Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes
Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes
Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes

Ancient glass beads: Extremely rare genuine Roman glass bead with gold-foil eyes

$ 924

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Extremely Rare Roman eye bead: Gold-foil eyes
  • Modified Item: No
  • Material: Glass
  • Condition: Used
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Featured Refinements: Ancient Roman glass bead, Egypt

    Description

    Large Roman bead with gold-foil eyes
    Date: 1 century AD
    Egypt
    Red (oxidized to green) glass matrix with six of mosaic cane eyes blue/white/clear glass with gold foil over matrix.
    Intact, perfect condition. All eyes are intact with gold foil clearly visible. Extremely rare.
    Height 16 mm, diameter 19 mm.
    For similar beads in museum collections see:
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 14: 88