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LOT 0993
Roman Lead Cnaeus Pompey Battle of Munda Slingshot
1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (81grams, 43 mm).
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). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously from a private Spanish collection.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of a Spanish export licence.
Cf. D'Amato, R. and Sumner, G., Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier: From Marius to Commodus, 112 BC-AD 192, London, 2009, fig.32, p.45, for a similar glans in the Zaragoza Museum, found on the Munda battlefield, inscribed with Pompey’s name.
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