SCYTHIAN IRON ACINACES SWORD

Ca. 500-400 BC
An iron sword with a broad tapering blade, which terminates in a point, rectangular grip with a lobed lower guard, crescentic pommel. Excellent condition. This example is from Siberia, where the people were known as Scythians or Scytho-Siberians who left behind an imaginable number of tombs full of precious metalworks. For a similar, see Archaeologicheski almanah 1, Catalog sluchaynih nahodok is archaeologicheskih sobraniy Donetskoy oblasti, 1993, cat 281.
Size: L:343mm / W:46mm; 165g
Provenance: Private Oxfordshire collection; Formerly acquired on the European art market from pre-2000 collections.
Estimate: GBP 300 - 600