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Trailed bead

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Ancient Germanic glass bead 267TMAncient Germanic trailed glass bead 267TM
Ancient Germanic glass bead 267TMAncient Germanic glass beads 267TMAncient Germanic glass bead 267 TM
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267TM     SOLD
Germanic glass bead
Frankish, Thuringian, Merovingian, Ostrogothic, Lombardic
Date: Migration period, last half of 6 century


Spirally applied white and green trails, combed in opposite directions to festoons.
Intact, very good condition.
Height 19 mm, diameter 8 mm

For published archaeological examples see:
- Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim.  Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 5: 49.15
- I Longobardi, G. C. Menis; E. A. Arslan;Milano, Electa, 1990, IV.86