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LOT 1395
Elamite Socketted Spearhead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 in. (180 grams, 28 cm).
With tapering split socket, stepped shoulders and two-edged triangular head; pronounced midrib, bands of low-relief chevron and braid detailing, attachment pin.
ProvenanceFrom a Mayfair, London, gallery, 1990s.
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LOT 1395
Elamite Socketted Spearhead
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £800
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Excellent preserved blade
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From a specialist collection of militaria, London, UK, collected 1990s onwards.
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The operation of the onager (Latin for 'wild ass') is first mentioned in 353 A.D. by Ammianus Marcellinus in his Res Gestae and more fully in Vegetius's Epitoma Rei Militaris probably written in the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (378-395 A.D.).
