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2300 YEAR OLD ANCIENT ANTIQUE ROMAN BEAD-bs33-1

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The ancient Romans developed glass and faience bead technology, but, as with us, valued natural gem stones highly, due to their rarity and the labor involved in working them. That work was often done by slaves who spent hours polishing a single bead. For auction is a matched pair of natural stone, (carnelian) Roman beads dating to about 300-100 BC. They were selected for matching grain, polished to the same size and complimented each other in a jewelry work, probably a necklace. They are 13.7 and 12.5 mm, just over 1/4 inch in diameter. They would make a wonderful addition to any modern jewelry creation or antiquities collection bs37