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A Roman erotic gambling bone dice in the shape of a squatting woman, 2nd - 3rd century A.D. Broad face with undulating hair. The arms of the naked squatting woman lean close to her body, her elbows behind her back and her hands resting on her thighs. The dice numbers one to six marked with circular eyes on the various cubic sides of the figure (the nipples, also marked with circular eyes, do not count as eyes). Height 4 cm. Provenance: South German private collection, taken over from the estate of the grandfather who died 30 years ago. Condition: I - II

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A Roman erotic gambling bone dice in the shape of a squatting woman, 2nd - 3rd century A.D. Broad face with undulating hair. The arms of the naked squatting woman lean close to her body, her elbows behind her back and her hands resting on her thighs. The dice numbers one to six marked with circular eyes on the various cubic sides of the figure (the nipples, also marked with circular eyes, do not count as eyes). Height 4 cm. Provenance: South German private collection, taken over from the estate of the grandfather who died 30 years ago. Condition: I - II

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