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LOT 1519
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (319 grams, 35.6 cm).
Leaf-shaped blade with a wide midrib extending towards the flaring shaft, a rectangular-section tang with bent finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
LiteratureSee Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type.
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LOT 1519
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Large Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
The blade with rounded shoulders, the raised midrib extending to the shaft, a rectangular-section tang below. 400 grams, 33.8 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s. -
Roman Lead Cnaeus Pompey Battle of Munda Slingshot
Circa 46 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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). 71.2 grams, 51 mm
Previously from a private Spanish collection. Ex London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of a Spanish export licence.
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. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Slender blade with a wide midrib and a short rectangular-section tang. 267 grams, 34.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1990s.
