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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 7727222, member: 2844&quot;]In my opinion it is indeed a copy. If you look at the lines in the golden blade, they are near perfect, made with a steady hand. They are aesthetically pleasing.</p><p>The ones on the bronze blade are sloppy, made to look like, but not with the conviction the Achaemenid sword maker had. They are just lines.</p><p>I can&#039;t see the lions and rams heads on your sword very well, but I suspect they don&#039;t have the detail the heads on the Achaemenid sword have.</p><p>Replica makers rarely have the sense of the importance of perfection ancient makers had.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe this was made to deceive people. I think it was made as an honest replica, not a fake. </p><p>This is what fakers do, it is much more elaborate: <a href="https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3.html</a></p><p><a href="https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3/fake-weapons-page-2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3/fake-weapons-page-2.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/3/fake-weapons-page-2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Having said all this, replica bronze swords do have value. But not nearly as much as a one of Achaemenid era sword.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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