File:Roman to Modern Gaming Piece (Die) (FindID 464883).jpg

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Roman to Modern Gaming Piece (Die)
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Derby Museums Trust, Charlotte Burrill, 2011-10-03 13:52:45
Title
Roman to Modern Gaming Piece (Die)
Description
English: Possibly Roman, probably post Medieval, cast copper alloy die (plural: dice). It is 6-sided, with square faces; the opposing sides do not add up to 7, as is the established norm in modern dice, but add up to 9, 9 and 3. The dots have been roughly drilled into each surface.

It is very difficult to date such gaming pieces with accuracy as they have been used since Roman times up to the modern day. For this reason a broad date has been given to this item although it is most likely that it dates to the post-Medieval period, c.1600s onwards.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 43 and 1900
Accession number
FindID: 464883
Old ref: DENO-9AFB38
Filename: Chesterfield_0307_PostMed_Die_Dice.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/348180
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/348180
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/464883
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