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Lot 84*
Two Roman Securis, Two Bronze Spearheads, And Five Iron Spearheads1200 B.C. To 16th Century A.D.
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £480 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTwo Roman Securis, Two Bronze Spearheads, And Five Iron Spearheads
1200 B.C. To 16th Century A.D.
1200 B.C. To 16th Century A.D.
All in excavated condition, the securis each of iron and of characteristic single-edged billhook form, with integral tapering cylindrical sockets; the second each with double-edged leaf-shaped point and integral open-sided tapering cylindrical socket, one Greek (600 B.C.), and the other Luristan (1800-1200 B.C.); the iron spearheads comprising two with leaf-shaped point, one with diamond-section point, one with sharply tapering rectangular point, and one with barbed point, all with integral socket of tapering cylindrical form (9)
11.3 cm. to 26 cm.
11.3 cm. to 26 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Dr. John Waldman Collection
The barbed spearhead, Hermann Historica, Munich, 19 October 2000, lot 1996
Literature:
One of the securis, John Waldman, Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ..., 2005, p. 117, fig. 95b








