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LOT 2035

Greek Lead Slingshot inscribed AIN

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (29.1 grams, 27 mm).

Biconical in profile, inscribed with capital letters AIN on one face.

Provenance

From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.

Literature

See Weiss, P. and N. Draskowski, Neue griechische Schleuderbleie. Tissaphernes und weitere Kommandeure, Chiron 40, 2010, pp. 131 no. 9.

Footnotes

Inscription 'AIN' can be either the abbreviation of a personal name like Aineas ( the Trojan hero Aeneas) or maybe referring to the Ainianes, the people of Ainis.

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LOT 2035

Greek Lead Slingshot inscribed AIN

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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