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LOT 0679
Late Roman Bone Dice Gaming Piece
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (4.08 grams, 14 mm).
Cuboid with rounded edges and corners, ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:2, 3:4, 5:6; with old collector's identification tag '156'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wiltshire, UK.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.156.
Literature
See Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 724, for type.
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