Roman Iron Pugio Blade

An ancient Roman iron dagger or pugio. The blade is wide at the hilt with a long tang, waisted in the middle with a central mid-rib, tapering to the triangular point.

Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Length: 15 1/4 in. (39 cm).
cf.: Bishop & Coulston, Roman Military Equipment from the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, (Oxford, 2006), pp. 83-87.
Formerly in the E. S. collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s.
Inv#: 6279
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