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Romano-British Bronze Military Sword Scabbard Chape Romano-British Bronze Military Sword Scabbard Chape Romano-British Bronze Military Sword Scabbard Chape
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LOT 0786

Romano-British Bronze Military Sword Scabbard Chape

2ND CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (26.8 grams, 71 mm).

Bronze fitting with repoussé rings and low-relief lines to rim, folded to fit onto a scabbard. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found by Ian Wilkinson, next to the Roman 'Fosse Way' road at Farnham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, in 2004.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007, I, for discussion of types.

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LOT 0786

Romano-British Bronze Military Sword Scabbard Chape

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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