LOT 339 Massive Roman Socketted Pilum
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1st-3rd century A.D. A massive head of a pilum javelin with square-section body tapering towards the sharp point; round tapering socket with fastening hole near the opening. Cf. Deschler-Erb, E., Ad Arma! Römische Militär des 1st Jahrhundert n.Chr. in Augusta Raurica, August, 1999, no.48. 618 grams, 72 cm long (28 3/8 in."). Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s. European art market before the late 1990s. The last types of pilum were employed in the 3rd century A.D., with the weapon maintaining its main characteristics, able to pierce horses, shields and armoured cavalrymen ( Vegetius, De re militari, II, 12-15). In particular, socketted specimens, like this one, showed an archaeological evolution from the types of the Early Imperial Age, usually tanged, although a specimen from Augusta Raurica confirms that socketted types were already in use in the 1st century A.D. [No Reserve]Condition Report: Fine condition.
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