Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age bronze rapier
Heavy blade of narrow form with a brown patina, each face bevelled from a central ridge. Features a pair of torn rivet holes. The third rivet is still remaining with an indented pattern decoration on both surfaces. It is non-central to the blade.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
05.152
Find Information
Site Name: Coity, Llansannar
Date: 1864
Notes: The accession card mentions that the rapier was found together with some other possible copper alloy objects, but no other corroborating evidence can be found.
Acquisition
Purchase, 1905
Measurements
length / mm:363.0
width / mm:27.5*
maximum width / mm:46.5 (at hilt end)
width / mm
thickness / mm:5.5 (of blade)
diameter / mm:7.0 - 9.5**
weight / g:219.8
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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