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LOT 0715
Roman Bone Dice Pair
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 in. (1.92 grams total, 8 mm each).
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:4, 3:5. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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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