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Ancient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canesAncient mosaic bead 175MSA
Ancient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canesAncient Roman mosaic glass bead with concentric mosaic canes
Description

175MSA
Roman mosaic bead
Date: 1 century
Mosaic glass

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

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