1454RA
Iron short sword
1 to - first half of 2 century
Eastern Europe
Wide short blade with slightly convex edges. Near-rectangular flat grip with rectangular in cross-section cross guard and ring-shaped pommel. Intact, surface covered with resoluble acrylic film.
Length 17.5" (44.5 cm).
For archaeological analogies see academical publications:
-A.V. Simonenko. Sarmatskiye vsadniki Severnogo Prichernomorya, 2015, p. 49 fig.12
-Vooruzgeniye Skifov i Sarmatov, 1984, p.137 fig. 7, 4.
$ 875
1459RA
Iron spear-head
1 century BCE - 1 century
Dacia
Slightly conical socket. Narrow long blade with triangular point. Part of the wooden shaft is preserved by the corrosion products inside. Intact. Length 8.5" (21.6 cm).
There is a Roman spear-head similar to this, both in its shape and in its characteristic angular point in National Museums Scotland, dated to the first century.
For archaeological analogies in academical publication see:
-V. Kotyhoroshko, THE SACRED CENTRE OF THE UPPER TISA REGION OF THE LATE LA TENE PERIOD, Institute of Carpathian Studies, 2015, Fig 32 # 4, 5.
$ 275
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