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LOT 1536
Iron Age Celtic Socketted Iron Spearhead
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (120 grams, 28 cm).
With a slender heart-shaped blade, thick midrib, flared closed socket.
ProvenanceFrom a 1980s collection.
Ex North West London gallery.
with TimeLine Auctions, 22-27 May 2018, no.1480.
Private collection, Suffolk.
Cf. Stead, I. & Rigby, V., The Morel Collection. Iron Age Antiquities from Champagne in the British Museum, London, 1999, item Q15(4).
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LOT 1536
Iron Age Celtic Socketted Iron Spearhead
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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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
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Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Turco-Mongol 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in profile with a stepped neck, incised decoration; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 385 grams, 16 cm
From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 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'.
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Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
12th-11th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Leaf-shaped blade with a wide midrib extending towards the flaring shaft, a rectangular-section tang with bent finial. 319 grams, 35.6 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.
