288, Lot: 723. Estimate $200.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of two lead sling bullets. Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd-1st centuries BC. 1) Small M to one side / Blank.
Length: 2.9cm. Large pit, as made.
2) Spearhead / ΣTA to one side, ΠAMI (or ΠAΛΛI?) to the other.
Length: 2.8cm. Intact.
Weapons commonly appear on Greek sling bullets, symbolically amplifying their effectiveness.
