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LOT 0922
Late Roman Bone Dice Gaming Piece
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (3.16 grams, 12 mm).
Cuboid with incised ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4; old collector's label '230' to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wiltshire, UK.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.230.
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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