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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 in. (210 grams, 32 cm).
Comprising: a curved blade with single cutting edge to the inside of the curve (Latin sica); bronze transverse bolster pierced to accept two mounting rivets for the blade; curved grip with lateral scrolls at the base, undulating inner face, pommel formed as the head of a gryphon with beak and raised lentoid eyes.
PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
See Aurel Rustoiu, Thracian sica and Dacian falx. The history of a "national" weapon in Dacia Felix. Studia Michaeli Barbulescu Oblata, Cluj, 2007.
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