PAIR OF ROMAN BONE GAMBLING DICE

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A pair of cubic dice carved from bone, each with six flat faces marked by ring-and-dot motifs arranged in standard numerical configurations from one to six. For similar see: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, Item Number 81.79H/11.233. Size: 12-12mm x 12-12mm; Weight: 7g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier present on the German art market in the 1990s.