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LOT 0619
Roman Bone Dice Pair
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1/2 in. (7.04 grams, 12 mm each).
With ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6. 2:5, 3:4. [2]
Provenance
Ex collection of a UK gentleman formed in the 1990s.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. 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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