Well it goes back at least as far as 2002 which is when the Lucy database was first created:
http://lucy.allakhazam.com/itemhistory.html?id=6377
So I can pretty much guarantee that it was from somewhere in Classic-Velious.
Also notice that the image does not show Beastlords:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=527
Also the fact that it's a 16/48 ration dropping off a level 40+ mob (much better 2-handers were created in Kunark/Velious) would seem to indicate that this is indeed classic. This is of course mostly conjecture.