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LOT 0928
Large Roman Lead Gaming Die
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (57.2 grams, 19 mm).
Cuboid dice with impressed markings unusually disposed 1:6, 2:3, 4:5. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx gentleman collector of antique and antiquity games from Berkshire, UK, having collected for over 20 years.
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LOT 0928
Large Roman Lead Gaming Die
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Agate Gemstone with Bird Holding Victory Wreath
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Opening Bid: £5
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Roman Wooden Wax Tablet Fragment Written in Greek
Circa 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Part of a wax tablet with two holes in the frame for fastening, Greek writing. 45.45 grams, 18.6 x 7.2 cm
Property of a North London gentleman; previously in the Dean family collection since 1975.
Wax tablets written in Greek or Latin, were used by Romans as account registers (codices accepti et expensi); for transactions (for example, the tablets of the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus found in Pompeii); for lists of goods, inventories, and notes to be kept and archived; for Roman magistrates to annotate the salient events of their bureaucratic activities; for writing letters; for drawing up legal texts of various kinds: legacies, declarations of births and citizenship, reports of trials and diplomata militaria. -
Large Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with 'Fallen Amazon' and Horse
Circa 1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
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Ex important German collection, 1960-1990.
