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Offline Noah

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Help on this one please!
« on: January 11, 2011, 07:37:35 pm »
This is the other heavily worn bronze I came across.  It appears to be a star pattern made in divets on one side and the other I can't make out much at all.   It is almost 10mm. Any suggestions?

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Re: Help on this one please!
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2011, 02:43:25 am »
Late roman AE 4 Follis used as token ?
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Re: Help on this one please!
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2011, 11:10:49 pm »
Well, I know little about tokens from the period, so I have no idea.  Any ideas or confirmations?

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Re: Help on this one please!
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 12:51:27 am »
One side seems to be level polished. The other side perhaps is showing something like a star. So this coin could be used as a token or gaming piece for a popular roman board game called "Ludus XII (duodecim) Scriptorum (twelve points game) or a similar game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludus_duodecim_scriptorum
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Re: Help on this one please!
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 11:14:42 am »
Intetresting info justusmagnus.  I will keep that in mind and hold on to this one for now!

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