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ROMAN PERIOD
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TWO ROMAN LEATHER HOBNAILED SOLES FROM CALIGAE (MILITARY SANDALS)
ROMAN PERIOD
The soles pierced with multiple attachment holes, some iron studs remaining, fragmentary, mounted, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long max; a European bronze sword, with leaf-shaped blade and rivet holes on the handleplate for grip attachment, 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) long; and a North West Persian bronze dagger blade with prominent mid-rib, the tang pierced at tip, circa early 1st millennium B.C., 15 7/8 in. (40.2 cm.) long (4)
ROMAN PERIOD
The soles pierced with multiple attachment holes, some iron studs remaining, fragmentary, mounted, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long max; a European bronze sword, with leaf-shaped blade and rivet holes on the handleplate for grip attachment, 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) long; and a North West Persian bronze dagger blade with prominent mid-rib, the tang pierced at tip, circa early 1st millennium B.C., 15 7/8 in. (40.2 cm.) long (4)
Provenance
Items one and two: formerly in the collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001): sold Christie's London, 28 April 2004, part lot 132.
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