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LOT 2025
Large Greek Socketted Arrowhead
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 x 5 1/8; arrow 4 1/8 in. (229 grams total, case: 13.1 x 13.1 cm; arrow: 10.5cm).
Triangular in section with radiating cutting edges and a slender point, cylindrical socket; mounted in a display frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the UK in the 1990s.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. British Museum accession no.1886.31.72.h, for a much smaller example of the type.
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LOT 2025
Large Greek Socketted Arrowhead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +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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Greek Bronze Arrowhead
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A triangular bronze arrowhead on a display stand with a glass cover. 113 grams total, 16.6 cm including stand
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Victorian Naval Boarding Cutlass
Mid-late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Royal Navy 1845 Pattern cutlass with short single-edged blade with fuller and sturdy back, swept guard and leather-covered scales to the grip; stamped to one face at the ricasso [crown] over '13' and heraldic (?) stamp to the other side; old collector's label 'British Naval Boarding Cutlass, Victorian, crown above 13 mark, and unidentified mark other side'. 791 grams, 70 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
