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LOT 0715
Roman Iron Sickle-Dagger with Bronze Handle
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.
ProvenanceEx 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.
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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