Lot Nr.2039

A Roman officer's spatha,

2nd/3rd century A.D. 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 70.3 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. 703.2, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Inv. (65/43).
Rare Roman officer's spatha.

Condition: III

Limit: 6500 EURO

6500 EURO