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LOT 2018
Greek Lead Slingshot Inscribed HERMARCHOY Above Lance Tip
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (34.1 grams, 30 mm).
Biconical in profile, one face decorated with a lance tip above the Greek inscription 'EPMAPXOY'.
ProvenanceFrom a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
PublishedYe, D. and P. Rothenhöfer, Notes on Greek Inscribed Sling Bullets, Journal of Ancient Civilizations (forthcoming), no. 5.
LiteratureFor similar, see Nankov, E., Markers of Military Mobility: Toward an Archaeology of the Sling in Ancient Thrace (5th c. BC – 4th c. AD), with a corpus of the inscribed lead sling projectiles from Bulgaria, Glandes Plumbeae Inscriptae in Bulgaria Repertae, Sofia, 2023.
FootnotesThis is an important lead sling bullet; the previously unknown general Hermarchos is attested for the first time.
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LOT 2018
Greek Lead Slingshot Inscribed HERMARCHOY Above Lance Tip
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Greek Lead Slingshot inscribed EYAP//MANHC
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Biconical in profile with letters 'MANHC' on one side and 'EYAP' on the other side. 25.17 grams, 27 mm
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
This slingshot bullet is inscribed with two names. On one side, the Lydian name Manes; on the other, a name starting with Euar(…).
