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LOT 0354
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (8 1/8 in.) (92 grams, 14.6 cm (152 grams total, 20.6 cm including stand)).
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs, and casting flaw close to the mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market, from Gallery Christian Niederhuber, 2000.
European private collection.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
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LOT 0354
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
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Numisart collection, Munich, Germany, 1990s. Acquired in the 2000s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
