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LOT 0252
Cuman Silver Military Sceptre
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
22 in. (353 grms, 56 cm).
Comprising a slender tapering body in graduated gilded sheet-silver sleeves with rolled rims; at base, a bronze ferrule with a squared finial; at top, a mushroom-shaped boss with lateral attachment rivet; restored.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13377-259199.
See Stephenson, P. Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204, Cambridge, 2000, for an overview of the Cumans and their neighbours in eastern Europe in the High Middle Ages.
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LOT 0252
Cuman Silver Military Sceptre
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000€17,400 - 23,200 (for guidance only)$20,250 - 27,000 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£7,500 (EUR 8,700; USD 10,125) +BP*
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Cuman Silver Military Sceptre
12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
Comprising a slender tapering body in graduated gilded sheet-silver sleeves with rolled rims; at base, a bronze ferrule with a squared finial; at top, a mushroom-shaped boss with lateral attachment rivet; restored. 353 grms, 56 cm
Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13377-259199. -
Large Phoenician Bronze Arrowhead
Levant, circa 1200-1100 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Broad and lentoid in section with spiked tang, elongated barbs, bulb to each face at junction with the head. 16.5 grams, 75 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A10. -
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Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Broad blade with thickened edge, rounded socket with lateral triangular extensions. 269 grams, 13.5 cm
Ex North American collection, 1970s.
