Roman Officer's Eating Knife w/ Parazonium Hilt

Material: Bronze (One trace of gold gilding) and Iron

Era: Mid to Late 1st AD

Culture: Roman Provincial

Origin: From an Antiquities Dealer in Germany

Length: 24 cm

Hilt: 7.9 cm

Blade Width (at the hilt): 2.3 cm

The overall length of the Eating Knife is 23 cm, the blade near the hilt has remnants of four square teeth. The Eating Knife has miniature engravings and inscriptions including a Triton with standards, the inscriptions appear to be of Legion XV Apollinaris.

Source: romanofficer.com/roman_officer_permanent_collection/roman_eating_knife.html