Celtic Iron Sword Blade

With tapered tang, stuck in the scabbard. The iron scabbard has three ridges on the observe side and a decorated chape. There is a rectangular suspension bracket on the reverse side of the locker.

h. 69 x w. 6.2 x d. 2.3 cm

La Tena Period, c. 400-350 BC

Iron

Provenance

Ex German collection
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Hermann Historica sale, Munich (Germany), May 5, 2007, lot 3560
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, June 24, 2009, HMD02

Publications

Hermann Historica Sale, Munich, May 5, 2007, lot 3560
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 241, fig. 17

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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