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Description: | Moulded glass gaming counter diameter 20mm, thickness 6.5mm, weight 3.38g.Elongated oval with a flattened rim in cross section.The counter is a cloudy white colour.Similar examples have been excavated from a grave in Stanway, Colchester. In the grave was discovered a board game which had been laid out with twenty four counters, twelve white glass counters on one side and twelve blue glass counters on the other.These counters were arranged in a line with one piece moved forward no both sides, probably capitulating first stages of play, see Crummy 1997 for further details.Crummy, P,1997,City of Victory: Story of Colchester - Britain's First Roman Town,Colchester Archaeological Trust.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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