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LOT 0971
Roman 'Lancashire' Jet Dice Gaming Piece
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (3.24 grams, 13 mm).
Cuboid with incised ring-and-dot markings disposed 1:6, 2:4, 3:5; old collector's label '12' to one face and record card; abraded through usage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lancashire, UK.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.12.
Accompanied by a Colin Narbeth catalogue identification card.
See 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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