Jun 15, 2008 · Christie's, auctioneer to the rich and famous, sold a glass d20 from Roman times. It was included in a collection of other antiquities that sold in 2003. The markings on the die don't appear to...

Oct 13, 2020 · A considerable number of polyhedral dice have been recovered from all over the Roman empire. The majority are inscribed with Greek or Latin numbers or letters. One unique example was an icosahedron – 20 sided dice – found in Egypt, which had the name of a different Egyptian god on each side.

Jul 4, 2022 · Among Greek and Roman dice with many facets, the icosahedron (20-sided) die is the most familiar in the archeological record. Bone and ivory were common materials, and more luxurious dice could be made of bronze, rock crystal, glass , onyx, faience , …

Jun 10, 2024 · Common old dice from the late 19th or 20th century are only worth around $2 to $10, but if a dice is invented during ancient Roman and Greek times, it will cost a significant sum of money. Let’s learn how the dice’s age, materials, and other factors affect it final market value!

Title: Twenty-sided die (icosahedron) with faces inscribed with Greek letters. Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period. Date: 2nd century B.C.–4th century A.D. Geography: From Egypt. Medium: Serpentinite. Dimensions: Height: 3.2 x L: 3.8 x W: 3.4 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910. Object Number: 10.130.1158

Apr 18, 2019 · The dice are from a collection of ancient dice and are actually roman dice made of bone dated from 100 BCE to 100 AD, and have nothing to do with the Burnt City. Thus this story doesn’t hold up enough to be included in the history of dice.

A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Circa 2nd Century A.D. Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide

Jun 15, 2008 · Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.

May 12, 2024 · The gorgeous deep blue-green Roman glass die surfaced at auction in 2003. Engraved with unique symbols on each facet, the d20 stunned auctioneers by shattering expectations. Bidding skyrocketed until the die finally hammered down at $17,925 – dwarfing previous records for gaming dice.

This die is a replica of the famous Roman rock crystal icosahedron, a 2,000-year-old artifact housed in the Louvre. These dice are crafted from optically clear polymethyl-methacrylate, featuring golden ink-filled inscriptions.