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The dagger has an iron blade and handle with a bronze hilt and pommel in the form of two horse protomes. The handle is inlaid with silver in symmetrical scrolling and concentric circular designs. Scabbard in iron and bronze. No restoration, one single repair at one joint of one belt loop.

h. 38 cm

late 5th century BC

Iron, bronze and silver

Provenance

Ex German private collection, Germany, 1970s-1999
Artemis Münzen und Antiquitäten, Munich, 1999
Ex Swiss private collection, Switzerland, 1999-2005
Acquired by Antiquarium Ltd. on the European market, New York, 2005
Acquired at Antiquarium Ltd., New York, 21st April 2010, lot 205

Publications

Antiquarium Ltd., Ancient Treasures III, New York, 2005-01-01, p. 12, no. 205
M. Junkelmann, "Roman Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 240, fig. 12
Egypte Ancienne, May/June/July 2013, no. 8, p. 70

Exhibitions

Ancient Treasures III, Antiquarium Ltd., New York, USA, 2005
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Ibero-Celtic Dagger and Scabbard

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