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LOT 1988
Greek Slingshot with Snake
4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (31.2 grams, 31 mm).
Lentoid in form with raised figure of a coiled snake to one face, possible legend to reverse.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Austria.
Private collection, Europe.
Cf. Manov, M., Torbov, N., Inscribed Lead Sling Bullets with the name of Alexander the Great and with other Names and Symbols found in Thrace in Archaeologia Bulgarica XX, 2 (2016), pp.29-43, fig.14, for a shot with a similar symbol.
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LOT 1988
Greek Slingshot with Snake
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Greek Lead Slingshot Inscribed HERMARCHOY Above Lance Tip
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Biconical in profile, one face decorated with a lance tip above the Greek inscription 'EPMAPXOY'. 34.1 grams, 30 mm
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s.
This is an important lead sling bullet; the previously unknown general Hermarchos is attested for the first time. -
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20th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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Private collection, London, UK. -
Beja or Hadendoa Dagger with Sheath
Sudan, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
