Christie's had a Roman Glass gaming die up for bid back in December 2003. I only started playing Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) in 2006, so even if I saw this auction in 2003, I wouldn't be interested. Now that I am addicted to DDO, I take notice. In the MMO, every time you attack, you roll a virtual die to see how much damage you deal to the creatures. You can actually see this polyhedral die light up on your screen.

Here's the description of the die:

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.  Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.

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