Ten Roman glass beads
Date: 1-2 century
Monochrome glass

Ten red glass tubular beads, imitating natural red coral beads.
Intact, good condition, some iridescence.

Diameter of the average bead: 7 mm
Height: 10 mm

For similar beads in museum collections see:

- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 14
- 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, 2011, p. 222 #300-10