Posts: 2 Location: Long Island
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 12:15 pm
Trying to identify the origin of a spear head.
Posts: 404 Location: Oxford, England
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 12:44 pm
Hello,
Without any provenance it is difficult to get great specificity --the spearhead is of a broad type that is relatively common on the market.. they are generally referred to as Luristan Bronze spears.. Persian isn't a far off description. Essentially they mean near eastern.
The date is wrong, very wrong, and I presume comes from a mistake. The spearhead you have is roughly 1200-600 BC.
The patina looks good, because of its imperfect application, but this is difficult to determine from pictures alone.
Perhaps someone else will know the exact type with greater specificity. In any case, they are not particularly valuable, worth perhaps a hundred pounds/ a couple hundred dollars.
Best,
Hadrian
Posts: 2,294 Location: East backwoods-assed Texas
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 12:47 pm
It *appears* to be bronze....."Calling Dan Howard....Calling Dan Howard!!!...." Betcha he can tell you! ;) ....McM
Posts: 2,294 Location: East backwoods-assed Texas
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 1:40 pm
Sorry, Hadrian....No disrespect intended. :blush: I just always think of Dan when bronze comes on the scene. :) Add I'm a slow typist. :lol: ........McM
Posts: 2 Location: Long Island
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 2:23 pm
Thank you. This is a good start. I'm a novice collector, so any information is appreciated. It's very fascinating to me and I appreciate the information.
Posts: 404 Location: Oxford, England
Sat 22 Apr, 2017 3:11 pm
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