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LOT 0851
Roman Glass Bead Necklace
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
27 1/8 in. (42 grams, 69 cm long).
Restrung group of bicones, faceted glass, oblates and rounded glass beads in various colours some with frosted surfaces.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971.
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