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LOT 1105
Medieval Prisoner's Iron Shackle and Fetter
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
34 1/4 in. (2.2 kg, 87 cm).
Comprising five rectangular-section doubled links with curved fetter and two loops to one end, barrel lock and hasp to the other.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s. From an important English collection.
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Marlik Bronze Short Sword with Crescentic Pommel
14th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Formed with a slender triangular blade, raised midrib with flat upper face, penannular guard and scooped shoulders, columnar grip with two gusseted hoops, the upper half of the grip is decorated with vertical lines, the lower part with horizontal grooves, crescent pommel; short sword or dagger. 430 grams, 44 cm
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