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LOT 1504
Celtic Iron Close-Socketted Long Axehead
LATE HALLSTATT-EARLY LA TENE PERIOD, CIRCA 450 B.C.
4 in. (160 grams, 10.2 cm).
Slender axe with rectangular-section socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip.
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LOT 1504
Celtic Iron Close-Socketted Long Axehead
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Celtic Iron Winged Axehead
Late Hallstatt-Early La Tene Period, circa 800-450 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Gently curving cutting edge and a long extension to the rear with lateral wings; very rare. 390 grams, 14.8 cm
Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1991; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous yellow cataloguing slip. -
Iron Age Celtic Socketted Iron Spearhead
2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a slender heart-shaped blade, thick midrib, flared closed socket. 120 grams, 28 cm
From a 1980s collection. Ex North West London gallery. with TimeLine Auctions, 22-27 May 2018, no.1480. Private collection, Suffolk. -
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Mesopotamian Bronze Javelin Head
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With a foliate blade, rhomboidal in section, raised mid-rib, medium-length stem widening at its base and forming a small stop, rectangular-section tang with bent terminal. 204 grams, 38.5 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The specimen belongs to the category of tripartite spears with a long, pointed biconvex blade and a single bevelled tang. They seem to be a Mesopotamian and Susian (Elamite) variant, and this type also includes decorated blades, like the spear from Tello with the inscription 'King of Kish'.
