Classical Antiques
Lot 209:
Roman Bronze Folding Knife Handle with Hare and Hound Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD
Openwork rectangular panel with reserved hare-and-hound motif, remains of ferrous blade below. See Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, for discussion. 19.1 grams, 66 mm (2 5/8 in.).
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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