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LOT 255411
Polished Spartan Basalt Green Porphyry Gaming Pieces
ROMAN, 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1/2 - 5/8 in. (79 grams total, 14-17 mm).
A group of twelve hand-cut and hand-polished globular gaming pieces. [13, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s from the Bath Antiques Centre, Somerset, UK.
From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
Footnotes
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
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LOT 255411
Polished Spartan Basalt Green Porphyry Gaming Pieces
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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