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ANCIENT ROMAN BATTLE AXE HEAD: 1st - 3rd CENTURY AD

 THIS IS THE TYPE AND SIZE AN INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER WOULD CARRY...........

QUITE A RARE FIND! I WAS IN AN ACIENT RIVER BED. THE RIVER LONG SINCE GONE LOOKING FOR ANCIENT ROMAN ARROWHEADS. I HAD FOUND ONE NEARBY AND SEVERAL ALONG WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BANKS. LOOKING ALONG THE BANKS IN THE ROCKS I FOUND THIS AXE BLADE. AT FIRST I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I HAD FOUND. I TURNED IT AROUND AND REALIZED WHAT IT ACTUALLY WAS. WITH THE ARROWHEADS I HAD FOUND THIS MUST HAVE BEEN A BATTLE AREA. ONE ARMY TRYING TO CROSS THE RIVER AND THE OTHER TRYING TO STOP THEM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN AMBUSH. AN ARMY CROSSING THE RIVER IS AT A WEAK POINT. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY, STURDY AXE BLADE. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE A BATTLE TO BREAK IT.

IT IS: 6" BLADE TO END

         :  5 1/4" WIDE AT BLADE END

WEIGHT: 169.0 GRAMS. ALMOST 6 OUNCES!

IT HAS A LIGHT BROWN AND DARK PATINA FROM RUST, SOME SMALL RUST PITS. IT IS IN A SOLID VERY FINE CONDITION CONDITION. BROKEN ALMOST IN HALF.

THE ROMAN EMPIRE 1st-3rd CENTURYS AD

NOTE: I CAN GUARANTEE IT IS AUTHENTIC IN TIME PERIOD AND USING REFERENCES ON ROMAN WARFARE BY ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY AND

REF: WEAPONS OF THE ROMAN ARMY, INFANTRY, IRON WEAPONS, CHAPTER 3 FOLLOW THE AGE AS CHANGES PROGRESSED. SWORDS AND AXES. BATTLEFIELD HAND HELD. THERE ARE SEVERAL SIZES AND SHAPES. ALOT DEPENDED ON LOCATION. PICTURED ARE OVER 20 AXES THIS SIZE, MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND STYLES. PG 348, #17............... A RARE HISTORICAL FIND AND A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION.

 

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