![Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section: 9th-8th century B.C. Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the col](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1191/327725/176558736_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714142520)
Bronze Age Weapons & Armor
![Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section: 9th-8th century B.C. Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the col](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1191/327725/176558736_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714142520)
![Bronze Age Spear Tip Collection: 2nd-1st millennium B.C. Including lenticular-section blade fragments, triangular tips with midrib, and other items. 119 grams total, 16-69 mm (5/8 - 2 3/4 in.). Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. [16,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1191/327725/176558738_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714142520)
!['The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger: 2nd millennium B.C. Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mounting rivets. 100 grams, 15.4 cm (6 in.). Found Badge](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1191/327723/176557518_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714147511)
![Ancient Anatolian Iron / Bronze Axes, ex-Piscopo: Ancient Greece & Near East, Anatolia, Bronze Age to Iron Age, ca. 1600 to 500 BCE. A pair of cast copper and iron axe or chisel heads both with a flared end and projecting lugs - while similar in shap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178216950_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Ancient Bronze Age Spearhead, Possible Luristan or Hellenistic Origin, Circa 1000-500 BCE: This bronze spearhead, 6 x 2 cm, is a striking example of weaponry from the Bronze Age, potentially traceable to the Luristan region or the Hellenistic period, dating between 1000-500 BCE. The tapered](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178356104_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Group of Five Ancient Bronze Spearheads Arrowheads, c. 1200-800 BCE: This collection of five ancient bronze spearheads or arrowheads, dating from the late Bronze Age, illustrates the sophistication of early metalworking techniques. These artifacts likely served both pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355984_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Ancient Bronze Age Spearhead, Possible Luristan or Hellenistic Origin, Circa 1000-500 BCE: This bronze spearhead, 6.5 x 1.8 cm, is a striking example of weaponry from the Bronze Age, potentially traceable to the Luristan region or the Hellenistic period, dating between 1000-500 BCE. The tap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355947_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Group of Five Ancient Bronze Spearheads Arrowheads, c. 1200-800 BCE: This collection of five ancient bronze spearheads or arrowheads, dating from the late Bronze Age, illustrates the sophistication of early metalworking techniques. These artifacts likely served both pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355938_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Group of Five Ancient Bronze Spearheads Arrowheads, c. 1200-800 BCE: This collection of five ancient bronze spearheads or arrowheads, dating from the late Bronze Age, illustrates the sophistication of early metalworking techniques. These artifacts likely served both pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355774_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Group of Six Ancient Bronze Spearheads Arrowheads, c. 1200-800 BCE: This collection of six ancient bronze spearheads or arrowheads, dating from the late Bronze Age, illustrates the sophistication of early metalworking techniques. These artifacts likely served both pra](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355654_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Group of Five Ancient Bronze Spearheads Arrowheads, c. 1200-800 BCE: This collection of five ancient bronze spearheads or arrowheads, dating from the late Bronze Age, illustrates the sophistication of early metalworking techniques. These artifacts likely served both pr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355557_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![An Ancient Early Bronze Age Chlorite Schist Stone Axe Head, c. 3300-2000 BCE: This ancient stone axe head, made from weathered shingle and cobalt chlorite schist. Dating back to the Early Bronze Age (c. 3300-2000 BCE), it exemplifies the meticulous craftsmanship and utilitarian](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/330525/178355500_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716483384)
![Two Ancient Canaanite Bronze Pickaxe Heads, ex-Piscopo: Ancient Near East, Canaan, the Levant, Middle Bronze Age II, ca. 1900 to 1550 BCE. A pair of cast bronze pick axe heads of a very slender design with a grooved support notch and an ovoid opening that](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/328690/177043148_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714771890)
News about Bronze Age Weapons & Armor
![Bruneau Jan. 1 auction features 20 lots of Silver & Bronze Age comics](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tales-of-Suspense-1.jpg)
Bruneau Jan. 1 auction features 20 lots of Silver & Bronze Age comics
CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will ring in 2022 with a 20-lot New Year’s Day Premier Comic Auction on Saturday, January 1. It’s a modest group of comics, but don’t let the size of the lineup fool you. These books are from a single-owner Midwest collection (Bruneau & Co. sold the bulk of […]
![Bronze Age sun pendant to debut at British museum in September](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bronze-Age-sun-pendant-1000–800BC-©-The-Trustees-of-the-British-Museum-1.jpg)
Bronze Age sun pendant to debut at British museum in September
SHREWSBURY, UK – An extraordinary sun pendant is to go on public display for the first time as part of the British Museum’s National Programs. The sun pendant, also known as a bulla, could be one of the most significant pieces of Bronze Age metalwork ever discovered in Britain. The rare and spectacular object will […]
![First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-08-at-1.34.03-PM-1.png)
First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years
WASHINGTON (AP) – Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding – an innovation that would transform history – in 5,000-year-old human skeletons in central Europe.
![Complete 1993 Magic: the Gathering Beta set commands $120K at Weiss](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-14-at-1.33.04-PM.png)
Complete 1993 Magic: the Gathering Beta set commands $120K at Weiss
LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A complete Magic: The Gathering Beta card set from 1993, just the second set for MTG, with a print run of 3,200 cards, sold for a staggering $120,000 in an online-only Comics, Comic Art, MTG Booster Boxes & More auction held October 19 by Weiss Auctions.