ROMAN SPATHA SWORD WITH ORIGINAL BONE AND WOOD HANDLE

Ca. AD 300
An iron spatha sword with a long tapering, bevelled blade. The blade culminates in a bone hilt with ribbed decoration and a wooden circular pommel. For additional information, see Bishop, C. C. (2020). The Spatha: the Roman Longsword. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Size: 960mm x 80mm; Weight: 905g
Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the UK art market, Parthenon Gallery, London 2000s; Ex. Aldo Branca collection, Switzerland, acquired in Munich in 1968. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Estimate: GBP 7500 - 12000