The ultimate precision and beauty - especially of bead Nr. 1 - is unsurpassed. Not often have I seen such perfection in a glassbead, leave alone lots of COLD-WORKING is involved here!

IMPOSSIBLE they could be fakes or repros!!!

From all unanswered questions on ancient beads, this would be my first one:

"How did you do this, guys? How "the holy ***k" did you do this?"