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LOT 0305
Byzantine Iron Spathion Sword
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
31 7/8 in. (698 grams, 81cm).
An Eastern Roman spathion with long, double-edged parallel blade, a tapering, medium length tang, retaining possible remains of the fabrica mark in the middle, near the rivet hole for the handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-1980.
From the collection of a Surrey gentleman.
See Popov, S., 'Four Swords from the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia' in Lazarenko, I., Acta Musei Varnaensis X, 1–2, Varna, 2018, pp.137-142.
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