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LOT 0745
Roman Bone Dice Pair
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (6.8 grams total, 11-12 mm).
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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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Roman Bronze Mount in the Shape of a Star
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled as an eight-pointed star, rectangular loop and two studs to the reverse. 21.8 grams, 51 mm
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Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion
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Opening Bid: £100
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos, dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC), ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left; the reverse blank. 362 grams, 93 x 70mm.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
