Silver Gladius Scabbards

[Doc]

Has any fragment or entire scabbard ever been found in the first century AD. (Not silvered scabbards)

I am debating as to wether I should make my Vindonissa scabbard out of silver.

I figured that if a galdius hilt was made of silver (Rheingonehim), and belt plates were made of silver (Pompeii/Herculaneum) and pugio scabbards/hilts had silver or silver inalys then why not a galdius scabbard made of silver.

If a centurion or anyone for that matter wanted to show off his wealth, then taking an existing scabbard design (Vindonissa scabbard in brass) or even a new one could have it made out of silver.

Any suggestions? Is my reasoning way off?

I figure we did not find so many silver military items (not silvered) since it was a precious metal and could be melted down, sold, or used as money.

Any suggestions are really welcomed

Paolo

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Why not?

[searcher]

A silver scabbard was found at the battlefield of Kalkriese.

[Crispvs]

Actually, it was scabbard fittings, not the scabbard itself, which was found at Kalkriese.

Crispvs

[searcher]

Another scabbard of a gladius type Pompeji was found in the early 1970s at Mainz.

[maarten]

Paolo,

see under embossing and tinning scabbard plates (sorry, don't know yet how to make a link to this thread).

A complete scabbard was found in the 1940's in Valkenburg ZH (NL). It's embossed and was originally tinned. This is probably the only identified centurioscabbard ever found (as far as I know of course).

Maarten

[brennivs - tony drake]

Here is the link
http://www.romanarmy.com/rat/viewtopic.php?t=20294
Regards Brennivs