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LOT 1431
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 - 5 3/8 in. (232 grams total, 8-13.7 cm).
Mainly triangular-headed and leaf-shaped barbed and tanged types. [12]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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French collection, 1980s. Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Greek Lead Slingshot
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Biconical in profile with casting seam and reserved legend 'ΛY-P-N' = maybe ΛYKOΦ-PONO = Lykophronos (name). 25.6 grams, 31 mm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, Munich, Germany.
The leaden bullets, which were thrown from slings, were called in Greek molivdainai (μολύβδαιναι), and in Latin glandes; the former indicating the material ‘lead’, the latter the shape ‘acorns’. These bullets were cast in a mould and bore letters or devices, or both, on two sides or on only one. In form they were more like an almond than an acorn, but many are pointed at both ends. -
Spanish Military Briquet Sabre
Dated 1902 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: slightly swept single-edge blade with scooped point and ricasso; brass hilt with finger-guard, lobed quillon, ribbed grip; blade stamped 'Arta. Faba. de Toldo 1902'. 1.04 kg, 83.5 cm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
