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LOT 1062
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ROMAN SLING SHOT GROUP
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (185 grams total, 29-34 mm).
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (185 grams total, 29-34 mm).
A lentoid-section lead slingshot (glans) specimen group. [4, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Roding, Essex, UK.
Acquired on the UK antiques market between 1974-1985.
Albert Ward collection, Essex, UK.
FOOTNOTES:
Similar shots were used in the civil war among Pompey and Caesar, and in all of Caesar's wars. The funditores of Caesa's age were part of the light infantry. Caesar speaks of his Balearic slingers during the conquest of Gaul. They wore a short tunic, with leather or rope sandals to the feet, and a warm overcoat which could also have been used to store projectiles. They also used a satchel to carry very deadly lead-like stones or bullets.
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