Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius A perfect coin for a

A perfect coin for a five-year anniversary (Roman emperors took vows (VOTA) promising to do something for the gods if the gods did something the emperor wanted

Struck under Antoninus Pius

Struck in Cochin in South India between the 17th and 18th centuries

Struck in the years following the death of Constantine I

The radiate portrait presents Augustus not as a living ruler

Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius A perfect coin for aFormed nearly two millennia ago, this hand blown glass bead dates to the height of the Roman Empire, when glassmaking reached extraordinary levels of refinement. Buried for centuries, its surface has developed a natural iridescence, a rainbow patina created as minerals slowly interacted with the glass. The result is not decoration applied by hand, but color authored by time itself.