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LOT 0259
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Blood Channels
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
20 7/8 in. (558 grams, 53 cm).
Broad two-edged blade, leaf-shaped with short rectangular tang, corrugated midrib extending almost to the tip; rounded shoulders. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s.cat 31, for type.
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Greek and Other Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including leaf-shaped type with tang, triangular-section type with long shank, barbed and tanged and other types. 103 grams total, 4.4-14.4 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980; property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; and ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Lead Cnaeus Pompey Battle of Munda Slingshot
1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
A facetted lentoid-section sling shot (glans) with inscription in Latin letters 'CN' (Cneius) 'MAG' (Magnus) on one side, and 'IMP' for 'IMPERATOR' (victorious general) to the other side, i.e Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Imperator (Pompey the Great the victorious general). 79.57 grams, 44 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
The shot (Völling type 1C) is marked with the abbreviated name of Gnaeus Pompey; it was used in quantity at the Battle of Monda (or Munda) against Julius Caesar, 17th March 45 BC. The projectiles could be of different material: in lead (glandes) or in pottery or stone (lapides missiles). Sometimes they were signed with the name of the general, as is our specimen. -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Iron Stirrup
Circa 11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
D-shaped stirrup with square-section frame, rectangular footplate with projections to the underside, accretion to the suspension loop at the top. 948 grams, 25.5 cm high
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Harling, Breckland, Norfolk, on Monday 5th February 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-396237.
