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from a dealer/seller on the NFSL via ebay who goes by the member name UNIQUES77777
from a dealer/seller on the NFSL via ebay who goes by the member name UNIQUES77777
Holy crap! You...you've found it! The long lost sword of King Archibald IV of the ancient Bulgarian Empire! Congratulations, you're now rich and/or famous!
That belongs in a museum! *Cue Indiana Jones music
So unless there is some provenance with a historical "artifact" such as this, the best case is to walk away. Also read the pitiful excuse of a non-description that is on their auctions. So so so many warning signs. Stay away, Dr. Jones.
So were you just then pointing out that it was a fake instead of genuinely asking for help?oh i know, this seller "starvos" is also quite confrontational when asked about his items. uniques77777 is about as bad as they are when it comes to online shops.
Gee, I would have pegged it as a Nazi-Era pseudo-Roman fake and dated it to the 1930's
That was a knee-jerk estimate guess, based on ONE picture, I'd want a proper Metal Analysis, before I'd go further, simple non-destructive test like shooting it with an XRF-gun would be only a start, because trace metals can be more important to pinning down origin and date.I can't say you are wrong, but the swastika symbol predates the Nazis so I don't assume that something is nazi just because of that symbol. It could be something older... or in this case something newer pretending to be older. Or it could be exactly what you say.