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LOT 2006
Greek Bronze Socketted Arrowhead Group
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 - 1 5/8 in. (38 grams total, 32-40 mm).
A mixed group of arrowheads of socketted type, some with triangular cross-sections. [9]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2006
Greek Bronze Socketted Arrowhead Group
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) +BP*
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Mahdi Arm Dagger with Sheath
Sudan, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a triangular two-edged blade with thick midrib running to the tip, carved wooden hilt with median band of horizontal ribbing, integral crossguard and pommel with a domed button; leather sheath with braided leather thong forming a thick suspension loop and leather-covered knop forming a chape. 136 grams, 24.5 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
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Greek Lead Slingshot with Double Axe
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £50
Biconical in profile with a brownish patina, one side decorated with a double-axe labrys. 30.5 grams, 27 mm
Previously property of an Austrian collector, Vienna, Austria. From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
Since Minoan times, the labrys was an important symbol in the Greek world, illustrating power. This glans can be linked to lead bullets showing the same labrys symbol on one side and the name 'ΤΕΙΣΕΑ' on the other side. The name 'Τεισέας' might come from Caria or Lycia. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Including barbed-and-tanged, leaf-shaped, triangular and other types. 242 grams total, 6-16.6 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.
