Roman Iron Gladius Sword with Bird Triskeles

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

26 3/8 in. (870 grams total, 67 cm high including stand).

With fish-shaped blade of piled iron construction with square shoulder and flat-section tang; incised triskele motif to one face, each arm terminating in a bird's head with curved beak and lentoid eye; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

Acquired in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.

Literature

Cf. triskele motif on metalwork from Tal-y-llyn, Wales, in Savory, H.N., Guide catalogue of the Early Iron Age Collections, Cardiff, 1976, plate 12.

CONDITION

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