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Roman-era Sewing Needle, c. 1st-3rd Cent

Copper alloy; 90mm/3.3gm

Con/ As Cast; unbroken with eye intact; brown patina, cleaned and waxed. Rare in such condition and still useable

Seller's Note/ Rather small for a common Roman house-hold sewing needle. Just surmising here, but such a short needle may have been part of Roman legionaries kit? Could be. Who knows?

Every once in a while you may see something on eBay advertised as a Roman thimble. Not!  It wasn't until the early 17th century that needles of reasonably high quality steel began to be fabricated in Europe in significant volumes so that thimbles were needed.