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Friday 16 June 2023, 11:00 AM • Sarzana

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A hand-and a-half sword, 14th Century

Estimate

€ 5.000 - 6.000

Sold

€ 6.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Europa
length 103,4 cm.
Straight, almost flat, double-edged blade of lenticular section, the edges are almost parallel up to the center, then converges up to te tip. A narrow, marked fuller runs from the base up to almost half of its length and on a small part od the tang. Blade with missing parts, pitting and encrustments, almost without edges. Iron quillon with straight, palmed quillons tapering towards the ends. Tang shaped almost as a parallelepiped. Disk-shaped pommel, in relief at the center.
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