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| GREEK IRON FALCATA 'KOPIS' SWORD With a heavy single-edged blade widening towards the point, multiple fullers on both sides; the tang with several holes, retaining some of the bronze rivets that held the bone grip plates, now lacking. Ex German collection. 5th-3rd Century BC L. 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2012, no. 82 HM1052 SOLD |
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| The kopis is an ancient single-edged sword with a heavy forward-curving blade, designed for delivering strong cleaving blows, was used by the Greeks throughout the Classical and Hellenistic periods. |
