{"title":"Antiquities","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rare-roman-buckle-from-a-legionarie-s-plate-armor-lorica-segmentata-3","title":"Rare Roman Buckle from a Legionarie's Plate Armor, Lorica Segmentata","description":"Late 4th-mid 5th century AD, the period of the Fall of Rome and unsuccessful defense against Barbarians. See \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.forumancientcoins.com\/numiswiki\/view.asp?key=Military%20Belts\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.forumancientcoins.com\/numiswiki\/view.asp?key=Military%20Belts\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.forumancientcoins.com\/numiswiki\/view.asp?key=Military%20Belts\u003c\/a\u003e image 7 lower left for an identical example identified as Sommer type 1.B.C. Just over 1 3\/4\" length with sheet plate and kidney-shaped buckle.","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38134787506328,"sku":"A4225","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/A4225-A.jpg?v=1624046410"},{"product_id":"crusaders-javelin-head-4","title":"CRUSADER'S JAVELIN HEAD","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventh Crusade period (1248-1254). See Nicolle fig. 84 for a comparable example excavated at Ras Castle, Serbia. 3 1\/8\" length, particularly finely forged. Barbed point, the tip with medial ridge and each barb of slightly convex section with thickened back opposite the cutting edge. Tapered bolster and closed seam conical socket. Crisp profile. Darkened from burial, some  original surface intact and minimal scattered oxidation. Exceptional quality and condition for the period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38135206969496,"sku":"A1735","price":415.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/IMG_7459.png?v=1621458490"},{"product_id":"a-colima-reclintario-c-300-bc-300-ad-100","title":"A COLIMA RECLINTARIO C.300 BC-300 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe reclintario is one of the most interesting works of art left by the Colima of western Mexico. It is a mythical combination of beasts, variously described as half bird and half dog or a divine bird with human attributes. It is sculpture, vessel and furniture accessory, serving as a back rest for persons of high status. Filled with water, it provided cooling through evaporation. While providing relief from the heat in any circumstance, it would have been particularly useful when giving audience or passing judgement. The use would have the advantage of comfort as well as the appearance of ease, reinforcing his superiority over his confronter. Of polished red terracotta, characteristic for Colima ceramics, with angled filler spout and human leg supports. A rare large example, well sculpted with good finish and color. 9 1\/2\" height.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38135834050712,"sku":"10-313","price":5400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/a-colima-reclintario-c-300-bc-ad-antiquities-gc-025-limited-miscellaneous-product-faganarms_857_b818377f-7a6a-4e86-8321-3743f8604f0d.png?v=1621524084"},{"product_id":"gupta-terracotta-figure-1","title":"GUPTA TERRACOTTA FIGURE","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndia, 320-550 AD. Red terracotta. Height 5 3\/4\" plus the base. The torso of a male deity with protruding belly and wreath form necklace. Fragmentary, evidently deliberately desecrated. Fine character. On walnut pedestal mount. The Gupta dynasty dominated the northern sub continent for over two hundred years known as the Golden Period, when art flourished, one result of which is this sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38136045600920,"sku":"FNS587","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/gupta-terra-cotta-figure-98-165-antiquities-indopersian-product-faganarms_429_78cc889e-c22d-4107-bf15-b8a32d9c4d92.jpg?v=1621543449"},{"product_id":"rare-sinhalese-piha-kaetta-in-its-mystical-storage-box-1","title":"RARE SINHALESE PIHA KAETTA IN ITS MYSTICAL STORAGE BOX.","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e10” length with thick wedge section blade. The forte encased in fine deep relief chiseled bronze cheekpieces. The double fullers with engraved silver overlay and surmounting deep relief chiseled decoration to the blade overlaid in silver. Shaped horn hilt with silver tang bands, side mounts, and pommel encasement. The silver complete but for two tiny side mounts to the grip. In its velvet-lined wood box. The top with relief foliage. Rarely encountered, these knives are virtually always in very aged condition. The only dating information available places them in the 16th century. This example is well preserved for the period, considering the intricacy of its construction. The box which exudes a great mystical character is probably about 100 years old. The Sinhalese occupy much of Sri Lanka, previously known as Ceylon, and are Buddhists.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38136079712408,"sku":"FNS10300","price":825.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/IMG_6427.jpg?v=1621543460"},{"product_id":"celtic-socketed-axe-101","title":"CELTIC SOCKETED AXE","description":"\u003cp class=\"FaganarmsDefault\"\u003eEarly iron age, C.400-100 BC. Forged iron, 4 1\/8” length with finely flared bit and tapered open socket. Superior quality and quite crisp for the period. Excavated and professionally conserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38136132239512,"sku":"FNS5404","price":192.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/celtic-socketed-axe-antiquities-european-fns3939-weapons-product-faganarms_777_308a1389-f911-49ab-b57e-4925aa9ad0ed.jpg?v=1621525666"},{"product_id":"greek-sling-projectile-300-100-bc-2","title":"Greek Sling Projectile, 300-100 BC","description":"\u003cp\u003eLead, elongated, circular section with pointed ends. About 1 1\/4\" length. Launched by infantry as opposing forces closed on the field. Have three. Chose a, b, or c. Each.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38136258461848,"sku":"FNS9737A","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/FNS9737Aa.jpg?v=1621543549"},{"product_id":"romano-frankish-axe-c-500-700-a-d","title":"ROMANO FRANKISH AXE C.500-700 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003eDating to the time of the Roman Empire and beginning of the Dark Ages. 9” height of slightly backswept form. Eared oval eye and medium thick tapered bit. Good excavated condition with surface texture and forged lamination. Dating to the transitional period when plate armor was still in use requiring heavy armament for breaching. A pole axe which would have been mounted on a haft of about 40” for two hand use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38165623177368,"sku":"FNS4238","price":545.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/FNS4238a_f5c44cfa-903f-49d9-b787-cab0e4567f7d.jpg?v=1621543651"},{"product_id":"celtic-garment-mount-c400-ad-86-18","title":"CELTIC GARMENT MOUNT C.400 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003e3\/4\" length. Elongated form of stylized foliage. Reverse with two integral mounting studs, one with remnants of the back plate. Excellent. Mounted on the leather jackets worn for civilian use, they served as ornaments as well as a measure of protection against a sword blow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38166290202776,"sku":"FNS5933","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/celtic-garment-mount-c-400-ad-86-18-antiquities-product-faganarms_808_3ca7468e-f30b-4eef-880a-58b7f555b0fc.jpg?v=1621525643"},{"product_id":"rare-and-important-saxon-belt-buckle-95-367","title":"RARE AND IMPORTANT SAXON BELT BUCKLE","description":"\u003cp\u003e7th century. Bronze, 1 5\/8\" length. The body decorated in relief stylized foliage. The cross pin of undulating form, perhaps cast as a mythological beast. Reverse with two pierced pillars for mounting. Uniform green patina. This example accords with the finds at Springhead, Kent, England where remains of Roman, Celtic and Saxon settlements are found.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38166398468248,"sku":"FNS5968","price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/rare-and-important-saxon-belt-buckle-95-367-antiquities-product-faganarms_644_6fb8cc5f-429b-44d5-9277-2c8775b84baa.jpg?v=1621544079"},{"product_id":"egyptian-bone-spindle-whorl-13-362","title":"EGYPTIAN BONE SPINDLE WHORL","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman Period, C.100-400 AD. 1\" dia., high domed form, incised in three symbols, perhaps based on hieroglyphics, and circular devices. 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Actual element of Roman armor!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39772646375576,"sku":"A6071","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/A6071B.jpg?v=1621464184"},{"product_id":"celtic-ring-pommel-dagger-c-500-ad","title":"CELTIC RING POMMEL DAGGER C.500 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith no written records of their own, our knowledge of the Celts comes from their encounters with other cultures. The first major event is about 400 BC when the Celts descended from the Alps and drove the Etruscans from the Po River Valley. Thus, the rise of their culture chronologically parallels that of the Roman Empire. Of larger stature than the Romans, Celtic warriors were fierce and fearless fighters who were never defeated by the Romans, but, by 386 BC they had captured Rome contributing to the fall of the Roman Empire. Like the Romans, they used chariots in war and subscribed to a pagan religion. Forged iron, 9 1\/8\" overall with broad tang for scale grips and characteristic opened ring terminal. Slightly curved single edged blade with original old white inked find identification \u003cem\u003eRINGKOGEL\u003c\/em\u003e. Ringkogel is a hill in eastern Styria (Austria) named for the Celtic ring wall which was built around it to provide a strategically located fortification. Sound excavated condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39933739499672,"sku":"FNS5582","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/celtic-ring-pommel-dagger-c-500-ad-antiquities-fns3745-product-faganarms_585.jpg?v=1621524671"},{"product_id":"mexican-hard-stone-figure-700-200-bc","title":"Mexican Hard Stone Figure 700-200 BC","description":"\u003cp\u003eMezcala culture of the current state of Guerrero. 2.9\" height, meticulously fashioned onyx. A standing male of characteristic foreshortened stature, wearing an incised loin cloth and prominent ear spools. The right arm at his side and the left drawn to the chest. The facial features are especially nicely sculpted with carefully carved eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks and hairline. The Mezcala are noted and highly regarded for their stone sculpture which more commonly is of jadeite. Onyx is quite rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39933744742552,"sku":"FNS7497","price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/mexican-hard-stone-figure-antiquities-miscellaneous-product-faganarms_545.jpg?v=1621524698"},{"product_id":"chinese-brush-pot-or-vase-p","title":"CHINESE BRUSH POT OR VASE","description":"18\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-19\u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, zitan wood carved in the 100 boys theme. The subject stems from the story of King Wen who had 99 male offspring and one adopted. One of his sons, King WU founded the Zhou Dynasty (1027-221 BC). 5 1\/2” in height with thick flared lip. The body was carved in deep relief with boys, some in vignettes as three in a basket, one in a pagoda, and two a tree. A banner on one side bears the greeting Bai zi zhu shou, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne hundred boys congratulate your anniversary\/longevity\u003c\/em\u003e. While the theme is well documented, we found no other example such as this in literature or on the internet.","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40506827964568,"sku":"A2470","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/A2470-C.png?v=1627070754"},{"product_id":"moroccan-powder-flask-19th-century-d","title":"MOROCCAN POWDER FLASK, 19TH CENTURY","description":"\u003cp\u003e6 3\/4\" height, truncated triangular form with thickened lip cylindrical spout. Brass front decorated with zig-zag borders, hatched line field, and engraved copper medallion. Worn with the front dented.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40531401277592,"sku":"UC5080","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/403A0229.jpg?v=1627490710"},{"product_id":"greek-brooch-fibula-2nd-century-bc-gb","title":"GREEK BROOCH, FIBULA, 2ND CENTURY BC","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe original garment pin was patented two millennia later as the \"safety pin\". Bow fibula, bronze, 2 1\/8\" length, of high arched form with a nub finial. Surface lightly encrusted from burial.  Probably for a man's garment, known as a knee fibula.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42658759213299,"sku":"A5442","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/A5442A.png?v=1649785738"},{"product_id":"ancient-egyptian-flint-knife-fourth-millennia-bc-js","title":"ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FLINT KNIFE, FOURTH MILLENNIA BC","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePredynastic, before the pyramids were built. Flaked flint, monoface, shaped on the nugget and flaked off in a single stroke leaving a single large cleavage to one side. Leaf-shaped, just over 1 1\/2” in length. Simply gripped in the hand, it was used back and forth for cutting as well as scraping as in fleshing hides and shaping wood.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42853777539315,"sku":"B1499","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B1499A.png?v=1654799248"},{"product_id":"precolumbian-mother-of-pearl-shell-ornament-jf","title":"PRECOLUMBIAN MOTHER OF PEARL SHELL ORNAMENT","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an advanced collection of a Detroit doctor who had a home in Acapulco and purchased there. Identified as Mayan warrior’s badges with a contemporary reference supporting that attribution. In Collectible Beads, Liu, p.140, an example is identified as from Bahia C.500 BC-500 AD. The Bahia culture was on the east coast of South America and the time frame accords. It’s likely that trade was established between the two cultures and that both attributions are correct. Still they are too obscure for certainty. The collection contained about 20 examples and but for the two others cited here, we know of no others. This example is about 5\/8” x ¾” and evidently was sewn to the owner’s garment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42875789639923,"sku":"B1565","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B1565B.png?v=1655309632"},{"product_id":"extremely-rare-flint-arrowhead-eastern-europe-ns","title":"EXTREMELY RARE FLINT ARROWHEAD, EASTERN EUROPE.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePossibly Turdas-Vinca culture which occupied the Adriatic hinterland. 5700-4500 BC. Triangular, 1 ¾” length with rounded bottom. Evidently produced as a mono face, shaped on the nugget and cleaved with a single fracture. This example is distinguished from all others we have examined, probably thousands in 57 years, by the fact the both faces have been laboriously polished smooth. The flaking is uniform and skillful. The polishing harbors small texture lines on one face, evidently the outside face as flaked. The other side, evidently the single cleavage face is polished slightly convex and perfectly smooth. Lacking any parallel in our research, we leave the rest to the buyer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42922604232947,"sku":"B1671","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B1671B.png?v=1656438496"},{"product_id":"fine-pre-columbian-obsidian-arrowhead-2-a","title":"FINE PRE-COLUMBIAN OBSIDIAN ARROWHEAD","description":"\u003cp\u003eValley of Mexico, Toltec C.100 BC-800 AD. 7\/8\", finely flaked obsidian. Triangular with notched base for mounting. The surface with slight soil adhesion from burial. Toltec history is still the subject of some controversy among experts, so this item can most conservatively be described as \"Valley of Mexico, 1000 BC - 800 AD\". Fine form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43048030732531,"sku":"B2119","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B2119A.png?v=1659463181"},{"product_id":"ancient-egyptian-bronze-arrowhead-1-an","title":"ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE ARROWHEAD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-Dynastic to Early Dynastic Period, about 3500-3000 BC. 2 3\/8” length. Roughcast and hammered to shape with short tapered tang for a sinew lashed socket. Used for hunting birds and small game.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075947430131,"sku":"B2200","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B2200A.png?v=1660067369"},{"product_id":"rare-roman-belt-buckle-from-a-legionarie-s-plate-armor-lorica-segmentata-3-at","title":"RARE ROMAN BELT BUCKLE FROM A LEGIONARIE’S PLATE ARMOR, LORICA SEGMENTATA","description":"\u003cp\u003eC.375-450 AD, the period of the fall of the Empire under invasion by the Barbarians. See https:\/\/www.forumancientcoins.com\/numiswiki\/view.asp?key=Military%20Belts image 7 top left for an identical example identified as Sommer type 1.A.B. Just over 1 1\/2” length with sheet plate and D shaped buckle. Plate back and pin lacking. Roman legionaries wore two belts, crossed, suspending, respectively, the sword and dagger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43130407354611,"sku":"B2374","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B2374A.png?v=1661279505"},{"product_id":"celtic-iron-spur-c-300-100-bc","title":"CELTIC IRON SPUR, C.300-100 BC.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Tene culture. Forged iron, 2 3\/8” width. Curved frame with button form terminals with radial enamel (glass) decoration. Conical prick. Surface eroded from burial, but no substantial loss and the remnants of the enamel throughout. Attached to the boot with leather or fiber cord. Only one spur on the dominant foot was worn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43195785609459,"sku":"B2528","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B2528A.png?v=1662491885"},{"product_id":"ancient-egyptian-scraper-shaver","title":"ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCRAPER\/SHAVER","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEarly Dynastic period C.3000-2500 BC. Flaked flint, about 1 1\/2\"” length.  Shallow crescent form with a separately flaked notch in the concave edge. Among other cultures, such tools are described as “arrow scrapers” and that description seems fitting here as arrow shafts needed smoothing after fire hardening\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43254740910323,"sku":"B2623","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/B2623B.png?v=1663785515"},{"product_id":"egyptian-grand-tour-amulet-17th-18th-century","title":"EGYPTIAN GRAND TOUR AMULET, 17th-18th CENTURY","description":"\u003cp class=\"FaganarmsDefault\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: windowtext;\"\u003eFaience, 1 3\/4‰۝ height modeled as a pharaoh in desert hood with aegis and solar disk above. These were made in Egypt for sale to primarily English youths who, upon achieving the age of 21, would take a once in a lifetime tour of the ancient monuments and sites to complete their educational experience. They were sold as genuine, as were reproductions of ancient pottery and other artifacts. Mounted for modern wear with silver suspension and black leather cord or sterling silver neck chain. Genuine antique replicating the 3000 year old original. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43650407629043,"sku":"FNS8136","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/products\/FNS8136a.jpg?v=1676653443"},{"product_id":"rare-celtic-enameled-bracelet-c-200-100-bc","title":"RARE CELTIC ENAMELED BRACELET C.200-100 BC","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThin brass with enamel (glass) overlay in triple band motif ending at the middle with addorsed points. Over 2” diameter. About 80% enamel intact. Degraded and fragile. 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This blade form derives from the overhand back slash capable of tearing a man’s throat to the spine but at the price of the loss of primary frontal protection. You had to get it right or do it clandestinely. Excavated and professionally conserved with Plexiglas display easel. 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A little over 5\/8” length, horse shoe shaped with mushroomed ends for anchoring and expanded to receive the hook. Excellent preservation with remnants of the adjacent securing mail links. Very rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Gift Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45352806482163,"sku":"B8629","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/0599\/2600\/files\/B8629A.png?v=1712675591"},{"product_id":"egyptian-predynastic-flint-knife","title":"EGYPTIAN PREDYNASTIC FLINT KNIFE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eC.4000 BC. Over 1 ½” length skillfully flaked to wedge section with uniform ridged back. The largest plane of each face forming the wedge, each of a single controlled fracture releasing a  single large flake and producing a sharp cutting edge. 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