The bulk of artifacts that survive to this day are pottery, jewelry, and metal Roman coins. Two of those three categories were mostly metal objects that could h

The bulk of artifacts that survive to this day are pottery, jewelry, and metal Roman coins. Two of those three categories were mostly metal objects that could have been melted down but weren't. Collections of Ancient Roman artifacts are full of metal objects that are orders of magnitude more common than these dodecahedrons. We have many more examples of Roman weapons made up of much more valuable metals that survived.