327v.ROMAN BRONZE CALTROP Start Price USD 34.99 Current Price USD 62.00 Time Left - Bid Count 5 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 12, 2008 Location Las Vegas See more about '327v.ROMAN BRONZE CALTROP' Description        327v.ROMAN BRONZE CALTROP   Roman Bronze Caltrop. Intact, rare. The caltrop is a device intended to impede the progress of human troops, horses and war elephants on a battlefield. A caltrop is a weapon made up of four or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base. The caltrop has been known since ancient times and was known to the Romans as tribulus or sometimes as Murex ferreus. The caltrop continued in use through the Medieval centuries too. Circa 1st-3rd century AD. Dimensions: about 53x50x52 mm. Found place Macedonian region.(1 inch = 25.4 mm) All items are guaranteed to be genuine and as described.  Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.1.136.0 runicoins Store Place a Bid!