COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE AND IRON SURGERY TOOLS. Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of three surgical tools, including, from left to right: a bronze probe with a rounded spatula at the tip; a scalpel with an iron leaf-shaped blade socketed into a cast bronze handle that terminates in a small spatula; and an iron knife set to a cast bronze hilt. For similar see: Christie’s, Live Auction 2362, Travels, Science and Natural History, Lot 61. Size: 123-138mm x 8.9-17.7mm; Weight: 74.6g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1990s.