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LOT 1975
Greek Lead Slingshot with Double Axe
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (30.5 grams, 27 mm).
Biconical in profile with a brownish patina, one side decorated with a double-axe labrys.
ProvenancePreviously 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.
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LOT 1975
Greek Lead Slingshot with Double Axe
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Celtic Bronze Knife
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Opening Bid: £500
Leaf-shaped flat blade with a prominent midrib, set with a modern wooden grip and accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 221 grams total including stand, dagger: 25 cm
German collection, Numisart, Munich, 1990s. Ex John Lawton private collection, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page, including provenance. -
Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Bulbous body with rounded base and domed filler-hole; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 555 grams, 10.6 cm
Ex important collection of weaponry, London, UK, 1980-1990s. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.
Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια, where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. -
British Napoleonic 'Battle of Trafalgar Period' Naval Boarding Cutlass
1801-1840 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Broad slightly curved blade with thick back and shallow fuller, narrow pointed tip; hollow iron grip with 'figure-of-eight' guard protecting the gripping hand and the knuckles; 1801-4 patent type; with old collector's tag 'British Figure of Eight Naval boarding cutlass - smooth grip pattern 1801-4 (then corrugated grip 1840)' 883 grams, 83 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The hilt pattern was replaced in 1840 by a type with similar guard but with a ribbed grip.
