A Roman Gold Foil Glass Eye Bead, Roman Imperial Period ca. 1st century CE

Mosaic red glass matrix with "x" gold-foil trails and three mosaic cane eyes between. For related examples see: - Véronique 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. 157: 202, p.171: 210-25- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 32: 56 Dimensions: Diameter: 17mm (0.67 inches) Condition: Some losses to the exterior, otherwise intact and in very good condition overall. Provenance: Alex Malloy collection, acquired in the 1980s.