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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 4293550, member: 109731&quot;]I also doubt your dice are genuine.&nbsp; I have only ever seen genuine dice with the dot-and-ring design, not plain rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Genuine die are also aged items.&nbsp; You need to examine the bone and see that it truly has patination from age, and not from some dye, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>At a Numismatica Wien show I once saw a dodgy dealer pull out a huge bag of &quot;Roman dice&quot;.&nbsp; The bag was nearly head-sized.&nbsp; The dice all looked good with the right eye-and-ring designs.&nbsp; They had been carved recently in SE Europe from animal bone and had been &quot;aged&quot; by being dyed in strong tea and buried in mud.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I would be very wary of any die not bought from a reputable dealer unless you know how to validate genuine ancient bone items....</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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