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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 7787503, member: 301&quot;]gold plating was indeed a thing.......</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S2667136020300017-gr3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Fig. 3. Mycenaean swords with elaborate gold plating, 1400–1300 BC. From left: small dagger with three gold-plated rivets; sword with gold-capped rivet and gold plating on the hilt; gold-plated hilt with repoussé decoration representing lions hunting goats, held in place by gold rivets and gold ring; sword with repoussé spiral motif on hilt; sword with five gold-plated rivets. Archaeological Museum Heracleion, Crete. (Photo A. Giumlia-Mair)</p><p><br /></p><p>what&#039;s on your swords, I can&#039;t really say , though..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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