Inv. n°: MMoCA792

Iron 'Machaira' or 'Kopis' Sword with Horse-Head Pommel

Single-edged sword designed to deliver a cutting blow with tremendous impact.

h. 7.5 cm

4th century BC

Iron

Provenance

  • Ex Private collection, Tehran, Iran, 1960s
  • The collection relocated to London after the fall of the Shah in Iran
  • Thence private UK collection
  • Acquired at Charles Ede Ltd., 16th January 2012

Publications

  • Minerva: the International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology, March/April 2012, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 26, no. 5

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2012

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