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LOT 0867
Romano-British 'Published' Bronze Gaming Counter
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3/4 in. (4.5 grams, 18 mm).
Discoid in form with twelve impressed dots, two parallel lines and one perpendicular. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cirencester, UK, prior to 1999.
Acquired 4 February 1999.
From the important private collection of dice and gaming pieces of Colin Narbeth, London, UK, collection no.59.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Celtic & Roman Artefacts book pages where this object is published.
Mills, Nigel, Celtic & Roman Artefacts, Witham, 2000, p.114, item no.RB358.
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