LOT 1401 Iron Age Celtic La Tene Ritually Bent Sword
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Mid 3rd-1st century B.C. An iron long sword of Stead's Type III with two-edged, parallel-sided flat-section blade, rounded shoulders, long lenticular-section tang, gently rounded point with transverse bridge and remains of the chape adhering. See Stead, I.M., British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards, London, 2006, for discussion. 790 grams, 85 cm (overall if straightened) (33 1/2 in.). Important London collection, 1990s. TimeLine Auctions, 21 November 2017, lot 2122. Private collection of the late Dr. David Evans, Southampton, UK. Ritually bent as a votive offering. [No Reserve]
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