Sale Title Antiquities Location New York, Rockefeller Plaza Sale Date Dec 11, 2003 Lot Number 189 Sale Number 1314 Creator Circa 2nd Century A.D. Lot Title A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 U.S. dollars Pre-lot Text THE PROPERTY OF A MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR Lot Description 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 Provenance Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s. Lot Notes 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.