Started another Xiphos

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Other swords with this type of hilt have the pommel part much more elaborate, which suggests that this part was not meant to be hidden. On the other hand, the separate pommels were secured by a square piece in the end of the grip that was much narrower than the grip itself. So we can clearly distinguish a typology with two different types of pommels.
Worth noting that when the pommel is meant to be conical, the tang under it is also conical. Also, when there is meant to be a separate pommel, there is also a nut, which is never the case with the wider pommel areas of the tang.