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LOT 1935
Eastern Balkans Period Socketted Spear
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 in. (245 grams, 31 cm).
Socketed spearhead with a spheroconic transition; the long, square-sectioned point separated from the socket by a small sphere. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1960s.
From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.
Cf. Manova, 'Die Mittelalterliche Bewaffnung nach einigen Wandmalereien aus Sudwestbulgarien wom 13.,14, und 15, Jahrhundert' in Bulletin de l'Institut d'Archelogie, XIX, Sofia, 1966, pp.67-82, fig.15.2.
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LOT 1935
Eastern Balkans Period Socketted Spear
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £90
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