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LOT 1531
Greek Lead Slingshot Collection
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (411 grams total, 29-32 mm).
Mainly biconical types, some with raised lettering and other ornament; supplied with old collector's record tickets. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 1531
Greek Lead Slingshot Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Greek Lead Slingshot Collection
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 8 | Current Bid: £60
Mainly biconical types, some with raised lettering and other ornament; supplied with old collector's record tickets. 411 grams total, 29-32 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Roman Lead Cnaeus Pompey Battle of Munda Slingshot
Circa 46 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Facetted lentoid-section sling shot (glans) with inscription in Latin letters 'CN' (Cneius) 'MAG' (Magnus) on one side, and 'IMP' for 'IMPERATOR' (victorious general) to the other side, i.e., Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Imperator (Pompey the Great the victorious general). 71.2 grams, 51 mm
Previously from a private Spanish collection. Ex London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a Spanish export licence.
The shot (Völling type 1C) is marked with the abbreviated name of Gnaeus Pompey; it was used in quantity at the Battle of Monda (or Munda) against Julius Caesar, 17th March 45 BC. The projectiles could be of different material: in lead (glandes) or in pottery or stone (lapides missiles). Sometimes they were signed with the name of the general, as is our specimen. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £90
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib, a long tapering socket with a flared mouth. 154 grams, 25.5 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
