ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE HOPLITE SPEARHEAD
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Ca. 800-600 BC. A beautiful bronze hoplite spear with a leaf-shaped blade and a long conical socket. Hoplites were the citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greece, where each city state was fiercely independent and could only be sustained through the military power of its male inhabitants. Hoplites primarily fought using the closed phalanx formation. Good condition; beautiful patina.Size: L:365mm / W:30mm ; 175gProvenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1980s.
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ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE HOPLITE SPEARHEAD
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