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LOT 1458
Roman Lead Slingshot
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (92 grams, 31 mm).
Lenticular type with casting seam to the rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
LiteratureCf. 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 similar.
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