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Or a tanto of course.  The punch marks are securing/concealing two soft metal plugs that have been inserted to fill holes drilled in the tsuba.  Sometimes tsuba were repurposed and a couple of screw holes drilled to fasten them to something.

 

Edit to add.  Hmm.  When I look at all the photographs on the listing I can't see any sign of the holes on the face of the tsuba and although invisible repairs are a possibility they certainly weren't for the person who did the work on the back so perhaps not screw holes but stopped holes for some other purpose.

 

All the best.

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