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3rd century Roman sword hilt (?)
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11-11-2011, 03:00 PM
Salvete,

a friend sent me this picture of a recent find from Noricum (Aguntum/Austria). It is 18 cm and made of cast bronze decorated with copper, silver and niello. This could either be a sword hilt or part of a statue, in any case it illustrates the lavish decoration such items could have:

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Jens Horstkotte
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3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Jens Horstkotte - 11-11-2011, 03:00 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Virilis - 11-11-2011, 03:26 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Caballo - 11-11-2011, 03:37 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Caballo - 11-12-2011, 02:17 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Crispvs - 11-14-2011, 06:16 AM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Crispvs - 11-15-2011, 01:23 AM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by noxia - 11-23-2011, 11:22 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by noxia - 11-23-2011, 11:27 PM
Re: 3rd century Roman sword hilt (?) - by Crispvs - 11-24-2011, 05:18 AM

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