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LOT 0692
Roman Bronze and Bone Knuckle-Bones Gaming Piece Group
CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (80 grams total, 31-35 mm).
Group comprising: two bone astragali smoothed for use as gaming pieces; bronze model of the same. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1772,0311.176.
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