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LOT 0883
Polished Imperial Porphyry Gaming Piece Set
ROMAN, 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (273 grams total, 25 mm each).
A group of large twelve hand cut and hand polished globular gaming pieces. [12]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s from the Bath Antiques Centre, Somerset, UK.
From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
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