The Beneficiarius Spearhead From Arcobadara

Abstract

The paper is analyzing an artefact discovered in the Roman auxiliary of Arcobadara (today's Ilişua, Romania) on the northern frontier of the province of Dacia. This artefact represents a symbolic spearhead discovered on in an archaeological context belonging to the first phase of the earthen fort. The blade is strengthened on the edge with a bronze band that is ending on the lower part with two rings that symbolize the 'eyes' of a beneficiaries spear. The analogies that are almost identic to the piece under study come from Albertfalva and Gerulata in Pannoniaand from Regensburg in Rhaetia.