09-02-2013, 10:38 AM
Robert
I have just been looking again at that picture I posted and the face looks like it could be an early one of Hadrian and like on many of his earlier coins I have found there are always references to Trajan even Nerva.
Then just from the curiosity point of view and yet I may well be wrong but can this not be a sword scabbard chape at all but the bottom end of a Pugio scabbard as many of these did indeed have such round terminals.
It also has such a fine guttering to it so does this say anything about it also as far as sword scabbards go. ?
I have just been looking again at that picture I posted and the face looks like it could be an early one of Hadrian and like on many of his earlier coins I have found there are always references to Trajan even Nerva.
Then just from the curiosity point of view and yet I may well be wrong but can this not be a sword scabbard chape at all but the bottom end of a Pugio scabbard as many of these did indeed have such round terminals.
It also has such a fine guttering to it so does this say anything about it also as far as sword scabbards go. ?
Brian Stobbs
