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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1517473, member: 12789&quot;]It is actually known as a trilobyte spearpoint because of the shape.&nbsp; They are not usually associated with the Romans though, rather the Scythian tribes that were predominate in what is now Ukraine and into the Balkans.&nbsp; So that is the &quot;bad&quot; news, they are not Roman.&nbsp; But the &quot;good&quot; news is that the Scythians were an earlier people, ie about 5-6 centuries BC.&nbsp; These have been found in quantities large enough to suggest that they were not always used for their intended purpose but had perhaps crossed over into some early attempt into a monetary function.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of mine, from the source:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/blacksea/skythianarrows.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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