Roman Bronze Dice Gaming Piece

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

3/8 in. (7.46 grmas, 10 mm).

Cuboid with very lightly incised spot markings disposed 1:6, 3:5, 2:4; old collector's tag with notation 'numbers hard to decipher'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.60.

Accompanied by a Colin Narbeth catalogue identification card.

Literature

See Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 724, for type.

CONDITION

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