# They were showpieces or tokens proving a bronze-caster's skill.

> Still possible: They were showpieces or tokens proving a bronze-caster's skill.

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# They were showpieces or tokens proving a bronze-caster's skill.

They were showpieces or tokens proving a bronze-caster's skill.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Technical difficulty high and variable; no standard dimensions; no use-wear.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence of mass production to a single pattern.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The objects are complex castings with no two alike.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5Y903RZN/the-objects-are-complex-castings-with-no-two-alike)

Suggestive

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## The questions it answers

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Most likelyThey were religious or magical objects, used for divination or as symbols of the cosmos, perhaps mounted on…

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