The Daily Feather

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The Daily Feather — Heads or Ships or Cross and Pile

The Daily Feather — Heads or Ships or Cross and Pile

Nov 08, 2023
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According to the JSTOR Daily website: “Known as ‘heads or ships,’ in reference to the images that appeared on the Roman sestertii, the coin toss was a children’s game of chance as well as a gambling …

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