the first in excavated condition, with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point, with pairs of converging fullers on each face, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets, recurved guard formed with a medial ridge, chiselled with flowerheads around the border and terminating in a monster head, shaped side bars formed and decorated en suite with the guard, a pair of faceted grip bars joined by spherical mouldings and an additional moulded outer bar; and the second of related form, the outer guard reinforced by an E-shaped bar joined to the side bars, the first: 32 cm blade (2)

For a discussion of this group see Elgood 2004, pp. 145-150.

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