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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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Opening Bid: £5
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Luristan Bronze Javelin Head
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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Greek Lead Slingshot inscribed AIN
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Biconical in profile, inscribed with capital letters AIN on one face. 29.1 grams, 27 mm
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
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.
