A rare Roman find which has attracted international attention is set to get on display as part of a history festival. Thought to date from the third or fourth century, the copper alloy, hollow, 12-sided object was found during an amateur archaeological ‘dig’ in Norton Disney, in summer 2023 — and now gets star billing at the Lincoln Festival of History on Saturday May 4. It is one of only 33 such dodecahedrons found in Britain, and the first to have been found in the Midlands. It is also one of the largest examples to be found, measuring around 8cm tall and weighing 245g. Where most other exam…
