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THBExtremely Rare Romano-British Iron Pugio Dagger
Lot 45a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Roman, Great Britain, early Imperial Period, ca. mid-1st to early 2nd century CE. An exceedingly rare and early example of a forged-iron dagger known as a pugio (plural pugiones). The blade exhibits a petaloid form below a corseted shoulder with edges that still retain their relative original sharpness, an intimidating pointed tip, and a visible midrib. The rectangular hand guard rests atop the blade shoulder and reinforces the overall structure of the weapon, and the slender handle bears a narrow central nodule that facilitated a soldier’s grip. The heart-shaped pommel has rounded edges that taper gradually up to a bifurcated tip that was perhaps included for aesthetic purposes rather than a functional means. Scholars believe that pugiones like this example were not necessarily used as utility knives – since many such knives have been found in Roman encampments – but were rather hidden by-knives employed should a soldier’s primary sword (gladius) or spear (pilum) break. Size: 15.125" L x 2.9" W (38.4 cm x 7.4 cm)
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1892,0901.1210
Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000
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#159241Very slight bending to overall form of blade, with coarse encrustations to blade, guard, handle, and pommel, and a few stable hairline fissures to blade edges and pommel, otherwise intact and near-choice. Nice earthen deposits and iron patina throughout. Edges and point are still quite sharp.Condition
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