Following a late May 2001 patch(no later than the 31st as reported by this Allakhazam post
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/i...m9913324113488) the stats on this item were changed from 8ac +1sta -1dex to 14ac +1str +1sta -1dex +10hp +2svdisease, I've yet to find any information on when the classes were changed on this item.