The Portable Antiquities Scheme
ROMAN MINIATURE OBJECT
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Roman copper alloy miniature sword, probably votive. Flat-backed, pommel with flat-top and obliquely-angled lower edges, straight quillons and tapering blade with median arris on face. Cf. Kiernan 2009, pp.53, fig.3.3 a,and p.56, on one of two 'unique forms of miniature sword' from Mouzon, which may represent a Roman depiction of an Iron Age sword type. Length 30mm. Width (at quillons) 12.5mm. 3mm thick. Weight 2.10g.
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