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LOT 0915
Roman Lead 'Loaded Dice' Gaming Piece
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (9.24 grams, 11 mm).
Cuboid with impressed point markings disposed 6:6, 2:3, 5:4; old collector's tag '250'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.250.
Literature
See Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 724, for type.
Footnotes
The die appears to have two broader faces each with two lines of three points flanking a larger central point, perhaps suggesting that the score could be either 1 or 6 according to context.
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