![EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE DAGGER WITH HANDLE: Ca. 1200 - 800 BC An European bronze sword, prized for its design and craftsmanship. The blade widens from the hilt to a pointed tip with a raised midrib for strength. The hilt, made separately, featu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333436/180105956_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399129)
Bronze Age Weapons & Armor
![EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE DAGGER WITH HANDLE: Ca. 1200 - 800 BC An European bronze sword, prized for its design and craftsmanship. The blade widens from the hilt to a pointed tip with a raised midrib for strength. The hilt, made separately, featu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333436/180105956_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399129)
![A stone axe, a flanged axe and a socketed axe, Copper Age and Bronze Age, mid-3rd millennium to 8th: A stone axe, a flanged axe and a socketed axe, Copper Age and Bronze Age, mid-3rd millennium to 8th century B.C., plus a terra sigillata base with stamp1) Jüngere Konvexaxt aus Felsgestein, Zeit der](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/482/332826/179706543_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718214620)
![RARE KOBAN CULTURE AXE WITH DRAGONS: Ca. 1200 - 800 BC A rare Bronze Age axe from the Koban culture. The curved blade features engraved heads of mythological creatures, likely dragons or griffons, on both sides of the blade. There is a s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333436/180105949_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399129)
![MEDIEVAL IVIKING AGE RON AXE: Ca. AD 900 - 1100 A Medieval iron axe head with a short, linear blade bearing a sharpened edge. The socketed end is for mounting this axe head on a shaft or handle, which could be replaced as needed.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333779/180321610_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718893653)
![Ancient Anatolian Iron / Bronze Axes, ex-Piscopo: **Originally Listed At $400** 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 projectin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/334203/180592211_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719015477)
![A western European Palstave axe, Late Bronze Age, 13th century B.C.: A western European Palstave axe, Late Bronze Age, 13th century B.C.Leicht einwärts gewölbter Nacken. Schmales Hinterteil mit oberständigen, leicht nach innen gebogenen Randleisten, die bereits in L](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/482/332826/179706523_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718214620)
![LATE BRONZE AGE DAGGER WITH TWISTED HANDLE: Ca. 1200 - 700 BC A European bronze dagger with decorative geometric motifs on both the handle and the ricasso. This dagger also has a decorated pommel. The blade is convex with a prominent mid-rib fo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333779/180461145_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718893652)
![Middle Eastern/Iranian Plateau Bronze Spear Heads: Featured in this lot are three ancient bronze javelin spearheads from the Middle East / Iranian Plateau regions circa The Bronze Age (4000-3500 years ago). With prehistoric origins, the ancient Irania](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1746/334032/180488533_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718991319)
![GREEK BRONZE AGE AXE: Ca. 1200 - 800 BC.A Greek bronze age axe with a large blade that widens towards the edge and vertical hole for the handle. The weapon boasts an amazing green patina. For similar see: MET Museum Access](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/331739/178961094_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717094317)
![BRONZE AGE CAUCASIAN BRONZE AXE HEAD: Ca. 2nd millennium BC.A beautifully patinated axe head with ribbed decoration around an elliptical shaft-hole beside a cylindrical socket and crescentic blade.Size: 135mm x 40mm; Weight: 355gProvenanc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/331739/178961159_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717094317)
![ANCIENT BRONZE AGE AXES: Ca. 1200 - 900 BC.A a pair of cast Bronze Age axe heads. The first double axe head characterized by a short cylindrical shaft hole with a collared rim, a flattened top, and a vertical crescent-shaped](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/331739/178961313_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717094317)
![BRONZE AGE BRONZE AXE HEAD: Western Asiatic, Ca. 1000 BC.Crafted from bronze, this axe head has a flat, slender blade that was used for a variety of tasks from cutting wood to harvesting crops. It also has a long shaft, allowing](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/331739/178961312_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717094317)
![BRONZE AGE EUROPEAN BRONZE AXE: Ca. 2nd millennium BC.A bronze axe head with a socket cast in one piece with a flat axe blade with a slightly curved cutting edge. The socket with flange wings to help keep a wooden pole in place.Size](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/331739/178961160_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717094317)
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.