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LOT 1405
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 - 4 1/8 in. (200 grams total, 6.1-10.6 cm).
Including leaf-shaped, barbed-and-tanged, ribbed and other types. [14]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Circa 17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Solid-core shot or cannon ball for a small artillery piece. 730 grams, 61 mm
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Anglo-Saxon Socketted Iron Spearhead
5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lentoid-section broad leaf-shaped blade with thick neck and split socket; Swanton's Group D1. 215 grams, 24.4 cm
Found near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK. Acquired circa 2005. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
The chronological range of the type D1 extends over the entire Pagan period. With the group C1, of which Swanton believed this might simply be a long-socketted variant, the typology did not survive the 7th century A.D.
