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A possible Roman ceramic counter or gaming piece.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2004-11-03 10:57:45
Title
A possible Roman ceramic counter or gaming piece.
Description
English: The counter is a sub-circular ceramic disc. The fabric is a red/orange colour, which is a deeper red colour beneath the surface. It is quite soft and seems to be coated with sand. 

The counter maybe of a Roman date, but the fabirc is not immediately recognisable.
It weighs 13.83g, and measures 38mm long, 36.5mm wide and 7.7mm thick.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 79552
Old ref: WAW-8A9CE6
Filename: WAW-8A9CE6.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/41666
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/41666/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79552
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Object location52° 04′ 58.44″ N, 1° 41′ 56.72″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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