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LOT 0769
Polished Imperial Porphyry Gaming Pieces
ROMAN, 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1/2 in. (55 grams total, 14 mm each).
A group of 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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