Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2285. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Antiquities] MEDIEVAL. Iron knife. Circa 7th century AD or later. Length 390mm. 250mm blade with bronze hilt over a full-length tang ending in a button pommel. The blade inscribed on both sides in an uncertain language that appears to have a mixture of Greek and Latin letters, with two uncertain monograms. Enigmatic, with no clear clues to culture and time period. Worthy of further study. Blade is rusty and pock-marked, but seems stable. ($300)