Checker bead

168MSA
Mosaic checkerboard bead
Roman period
1- 2 century
Mosaic cane glass

Fused together section of the same complex mosaic cane. Manufactured in several stages, complex mosaic cane consists of square-in-sections yellow, red, white and black sub-canes, placed around yellow center.
Intact, excellent condition.
Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm.

For published archaeological examples see:

-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 49: 76-77
-Korpusova V.M. Miniatyurna plastika s Bosporskogo nekropolya poblizu s. Zolote. Archaeology, 1973, #9, pl.5: 11,12