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2000 Year Old Roman d20 Up For Auction

Posted by Hemos on from the what's-the-dc-on-that dept.

dolo666 writes "There is a d20 for sale at Christie's. Titled; "A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE", this item dates to circa 2nd Century A.D., and it's likely to go for a mere $6k USD! Just think of the die-hard dice gamer on your list, this festive season! That would make all those late night Cthulhu missions with Lord Nekrull, my 16th level Assassin demi-god, a smashing good time!"

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  1. And there was I... by Aardpig · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...thinking that d20 was referring to a 20-Denarii coin. D'oh

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  2. and it's likely a fake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    note that the pedigree of this item is a single
    statement that the thing was bought by the sellers
    father in Egypt in the 1920's.

    That is the kind of pedigree that would bid this
    item up to about $20 as a curio.

    The seller is smoking crack, as is anyone who bids
    more than a few bucks on that thing.

  3. Re:Sounds like a major assumption to me by glwtta · · Score: 4, Insightful
    it's much more likely that this was either a divination tool or a model representing someone's cosmological theory.

    So, like it says - gaming.

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