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Description: | Complete Roman bone gaming counter,Obverse has a small central hole on one side possibly from a lathe, while reverse has a faint incised letter 'R'. The edges are bevelled outwards. Similar counters can be found in Crummy (1995: Nos. 2245 - 2253), and in MacGregor (1985: pg132-133). Kenyon type A, they seem to have been produced throughout the Roman period with little variation.Diameter: 18.23mm, Thickness: 3.33mm, Weight: 1.47gReferences:Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester.MacGregor, A. 1985. Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn. The Technology of Skeletal Materials since the Roman Period. Croom Helm, London and Sydney.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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