Gold foil

302MA
Roman gold-foil glass bead
1-2 century CE
Eastern Mediterranean or Persia 

Segmented gold-glass beads consisted of three rows of three granular clusters. Smooth ends. 
Intact, good condition. Rare type.

Largest bead: D. 8 mm, H. 12 mm

For similar published examples in museum collections see:

- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, p.151: cat 196, 2011, p. 218: #19.
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 138: #237
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 26: 60.