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LOT 1401
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 - 7 in. (196 grams total, 13-17.7 cm).
Including barbed, leaf-shaped and other types, all tanged. [6]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Anglo-Zulu War Battle of Khambula Artefact Collection
Khambula, 29 March 1879 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: a Martini-Henry brass cartridge case with firing mark to the base; three lead heads of bullets fired from the Martini-Henry rifle; mounted in a display frame; supplied with brass nameplate 'Anglo-Zulu War / Khambula / March 29th 1879'. 332 grams total, 30-37 mm (13 x 13.5 cm including case)
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note. -
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. -
Viking Age Iron Long-Bladed Axehead
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With triangular-section narrow blade widening to a bevelled edge, socket with rounded extension to the rear. 723 grams, 19 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
