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LOT 1245
Estimate
GBP (£) 1,800 - 2,400
EUR (€) 2,150 - 2,870
USD ($) 2,350 - 3,140
IRON AGE CELTIC LA TENE II SWORD
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY BC
30 1/2" (Iron, 515 grams, 78 cm).
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY BC
30 1/2" (Iron, 515 grams, 78 cm).
A hand-forged iron sword in its scabbard; the blade broad and parallel-sided with rounded point and central strengthening rib; the tang rectangular-section; the scabbard fragmentary, with scrolled upper edge, decorated with lightly incised design of circles with opposed birds above, roundels and geometric designs.
PROVENANCE:
From an important West Country collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. the sword and scabbard from Bugthorpe, Yorkshire, England in Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities, fig.124
