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LOT 1486
Luristan Bronze Tanged Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
17 in. (197 grams, 43.1 cm).
Featuring a slender leaf-shaped blade with a long tapering shaft and a rectnagular-section tang with a bent finial.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXIII, no.82, from Tepe Hissar; Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, p.301, fig.2.88, subtype L2.B.b.
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LOT 1486
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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Elamite Bronze Dagger with Decorated Hilt
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Leaf-shaped blade with a separately cast hilt; blade tapering to a point, incised with three lines of incised linear decoration; hilt with flared guard, pierced with a pin and raised geometric pattern. 165 grams, 24.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA. -
Roman Lead Slingshot of Quintus Sertorius
Circa 82-72 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lentoid in form with raised legend to reverse 'Q.SERT / PRO C'; casting seam and flange. 59.6 grams, 37 mm
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
The inscription may refer to Quintus Sertorius, the Roman statesman and general (123-72 BC). In late 82 BC, Sertorius, linked to the party of populares of Gaius Marius, was proscribed by Sulla and forced from his province in Hispania. However, he soon returned in early 80 BC, representing himself as a Roman proconsul resisting the Sullan regime at Rome. Being Proconsul in this Hispania from 82 to 73 B.C., the slingshots of his army were bearing the inscription 'Q.SERT / PRO C' (Quintus Sertorius Proconsul). -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1000–650 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender blade with raised midrib, a collar beneath the shoulders and a rectangular-section tang; set in a custom-made stand. 96 grams total, 20.5 cm including stand
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, Suffolk.
