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LOT 0145

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105

ROMAN HEXAGONAL BONE GAMING DICE
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.6 grams, 14 mm).

Hexagonal in plan and pierced centrally, shallow spots disposed 1:6, 2:5, 3:4; old collector's label 'Clermont' and inked number '1258'.

PROVENANCE:
Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819–1899), Paris.
Anonymous sale, France, 2009.
Private European collection, acquired at the above sale.
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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