A Roman officer's spatha,2nd/3rd century Double-edged iron blade with a lenticular cross-section,bone or ivory quillons and mushroom pommel,and a bronze hemispherical top nut(loose). Total length 88 cm. Blade length cm. Greatest width of the blade 47 mm. Good residual metal(conserved). For a similar hilt,cf. Christian Miks,Studien zur römischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit - Kölner Studien zur Archäologie der römischen Provinzen,Rahden 2007,Catalog volume,fig. ,Württembergisches Landesmuseum,Stuttgart,Inv.(65/43). Rare Roman ,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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