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LOT 1017
Roman Agate and Carnelian Bead and Pendant Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (29 grams total, 4-23 mm).
Including oblate, biconical, cylindrical, and other types, including a rock crystal bead. [39, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureFor examples of similar Roman beads, see Then-Obluska, J., ‘Beads and pendants from the Hellenistic to early Byzantine Red Sea port of Berenike, Egypt, Seasons 2014 and 2015’ in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 27/1, 2018, pp.203–234, figs. 3a,4,5,6,7.
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