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LOT 0784
Roman Bone Gaming Dice Pair
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (5384 grams total, 12 mm each).
Each cuboid with ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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