A rare well-preserved iron single-edged machaira (also makhaira or sica). The blade is comprised of a thick spine and a sharpened blade edge with a pointed tip. Incised on one blade is a set of parallel lines that terminate just before a trio of annular rings. Included with the machaira is a conical chape of the scabbard bearing hammer-moulded bars on one side above a hemispherical bottom tip with radiating linear patterns along the topside. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. Size: 830mm x 65mm; Weight: 1.3kg Provenance: From the collection of a European gentleman based in the UK, formed in the 2000s; acquired on the German art market.