Roman Socketted Spearhead

1st-2nd century AD. An iron spearhead with forged seam, long narrow blade, conical socket with holes for rivetting and shallow ridged leaf-shaped point. See for similar typology Deschler-Erb, E., Ad Arma! Römische Militär des 1st Jahrhundert n.Chr. in Augusta Raurica, Augst, 1999, no.65. 270 grams, 39cm (15 1/4"). Property of a London gallery; previously from a private British collection; formerly acquired from a European gentleman; acquired in the 1990s and earlier. The length of the blade suggests that it was used by the Roman cavalry, who employed a variety of spear-type weapons of various lengths and sizes: the hasta, contus, lancea, speculum, jaculum, and tragula. The blades varied in shapes: the usual leaf-shaped, the three-cornered, and the four-cornered, always with spouts and a slim shaft.
Condition Report: Fair condition, cleaned and conserved.