9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of beads comprising: a domed amber bead; a large discoid shell bead with slightly convex upper face; a rectangular rock crystal bead with facetted edges; offered with a later spherical composition bead. 56 grams total, 19-44mm (1 - 1 3/4"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s. [4, No Reserve]