A sword for a tribune

[Marcus Mummius]

I think, based on the chape with loose guttering, it would have continuous guttering, but others might disagree with that.

I was thinking exactly the same. I'm going to look into this a bit. I do like the eagle handles though...

I also wonder why a high officer would go for a scabbard less ornate than a lot of common soldiers. Purely for symbolic and traditional reasons?