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LOT 0890
Roman Lead Dice Group
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (42 grams total, 10-13 mm).
Roughly cuboid in form with traces of impressed dot markings, surface accretion. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Colin Narbeth, UK, 1990s, with collection reference no.75?
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. 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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