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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2333005, member: 75525&quot;]Nice coin, and post, Alegandron! There are several cast or struck coins with astragalus. I like the pre-money bronze items. Steve, I like your fly (keep your mind out of the gutter) As.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite knucklebone / astragalus - can be seen in my profile pic - or here - </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/p8171270-jpg.463823/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/p8171270-jpg.463823/">https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/p8171270-jpg.463823/</a></p><p>[ATTACH]473091[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]473092[/ATTACH] </p><p>The vendor&#039;s description:</p><p>Roman Republican. Aes formatum. AE/AG knucklebone. Etruria or Latium, 6th-9th century BC. AE/AG?. g. 59.80 RRR. About EF. Silver alloy? Silvered? Partial green patina. Apparently unpublished.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw one silver knucklebone offered by Gorny &amp; Mosch and several bronze ones. I picked up several bone ones and a lead one in an auction late last year. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can buy modern replicas here:</p><p><a href="http://www.hr-replikate.de/katalog/indep/detail.php?lang=de&amp;image=0211" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hr-replikate.de/katalog/indep/detail.php?lang=de&amp;image=0211" rel="nofollow">http://www.hr-replikate.de/katalog/indep/detail.php?lang=de&amp;image=0211</a></p><p>[ATTACH]473093[/ATTACH] </p><p>No. 552 </p><p>added on 07.01.2002, as amended on 17.03.2011 Astragali bronze. The Astragalus is in mammals, the central bone in the ankle of the hind legs; since prehistoric times it was used for divination and to play. Particularly the bones of sheep, goats and cattle were often used, since they have four fairly flat surfaces. Nobler variations were also made of clay, glass, lead, bronze, silver and even gold. In Europe, the games were known far with these bones until our last century. The figures were as follows (from top left to bottom right): 6, 1, 3 and 4. As with a sechsseitigem dice give the opposite totals always 7. For most games, 4 to 5 Astragali were used. A Short Guide for 4 games lies in the supply case. Length of Astragalus 2.8 cm.</p><p>Bronze 12.00 EUR for one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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