Ancient Roman Glass Beads Strand, 7 Beads gambia 55 beads on this strand

55 beads on this strand

87 beads ranging in size and shape

these tubes with loop are funky and hard to find

Made with antique Idar-Oberstein black stone finely flat-rounds with hand-tooled sterling silver caps with loop

Ancient Roman Glass Beads Strand, 7 Beads gambia 55 beads on this strandBeautiful and rare ancient Roman glass beads excavated in Mali, West Africa. These are about 2,000 years old, from the "Silk Road" trade. Oval shapes of calcified blue glass, (center bead has a yellow stripe) with small round blue glass beads in between, 5 6mm. Larger ovals have chips at the ends, which is typical for these excavated beads. Longest oval is 17mm long. 7 beads on this short strand. One of a kind!