Sold2023Ancient Near Eastern Urartu Bronze Axe Head, ex-Piscopo**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Eastern Turkey, Iran, and Armenia, Urartu culture, Iron Age, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A cast bronze axe head with a slender but thick blade that extends froSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient European Bronze Axe, ex-PiscopoEastern Europe, ca. 1000 BCE. This is a large, heavy, cast bronze axe with a rounded socket and flared blade. It was made during the Bronze Age by one of the many small kingdoms and tribal cultures thSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient Luristan Bronze Axe, ex-PiscopoLuristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a large, heavy, lost-wax cast bronze axe head with a downward curving blade and a simple round socket with rims on both top and bottom. AncientSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large Ancient Luristan Bronze Axe, ex-PiscopoAncient Near East, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a gorgeous example of a large cast bronze axe head with clean, simple design and an elongated ovoid socket. Size: 7.4" L x 3.4" W (18.8 cm x 8.6 cm). ProvenanSee Sold Price
Sold2024Miniature Ancient Elamite Bronze Axe Heads, ex-PiscopoAncient Near East, Iran, Elamite people, ca. 2200 BCE. A pair of well-shaped bronze axe heads with short, curved blades and long cylindrical sockets. These emphasize the beautiful, but simple geometrySee Sold Price
Sold2019Ancient Chinese Neolithic Bronze Axe, ex-Piscopo**First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, Late Neolithic period, ca. 2000 BCE. A small bronze axe head with a socketed hafting end, a gently tapering neck, a broad head, and flared blade tips. ThickSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient Bactrian Curved Bronze Axe Head, ex-PiscopoBactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket. As ever, central Asia was a crossroadsSee Sold Price
Sold2016Canaanite Bronze / Lead Axe Head, ex-PiscopoAncient Near East, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age II, 1900 to 1550 BCE. This is a long, thin ceremonial axe head made of cast bronze and dipped in lead, giving it a very interesting white patina. This stylSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 2 Ancient Near Eastern Bronze Axe c.1000 BCLot of 2 Ancient Near Eastern Bronze Axe c.1000 BC. Size 5 - 2 1/4 inches length. Ancient Iron Axe together with a miniature bronze axe. minor ware otherwise in good condition. Provenance: Ex PrivateSee Sold Price
Sold2024Ancient Mesopotamia Luristan Bronze Pickaxe, ex-PiscopoAncient Near East, Northwestern Iran or Iraq, Luristan or Mesopotamia / Sumer, Bronze Age, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a beautiful example of a cast bronze axe-pick with a sophisticated design to thSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Ancient Hittite Copper Axe, ex-PiscopoHittite Empire, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1600 to 1180 BCE. This is a copper axe headwith a flared end and a dark patina. Axe heads like this were often the product of patronage from Hittite rulers. TheySee Sold Price
Sold2015Roman Iron Adze / Ax Head, ex-PiscopoAncient Roman Empire, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A large and impressive iron adze or axe head, with a long oval eye for attaching the handle, the blade with a thick butt end. Its face gracefully flareSee Sold Price
Sold2016Ancient China Warring States Bronze Ge, ex-PiscopoChina, Warring States Period, 475 to 221 BCE. This is a ge (dagger-axe) blade. The ge was an early pole weapon, with a dagger-shaped blade mountain by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. This geSee Sold Price
Sold2021Lot of 2 Ancient Luristan Bronze Spear/Axe c.1stLot of 2 Ancient Luristan Bronze Spear/Axe c.1st millennium BC. Size 10 - 8 7/8 inches length. Large cast bronze tool axe together with Lursiatn Iron Spear. Provenance: Ex Private New York city collecSee Sold Price
Sold2016Luristan Bronze Pick-Axe Decorated Butt, ex-PiscopoAncient Near East, most likely Iran, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a cast copper alloy pick-axe with a round, elongated shaft hole and a butt with four blunted spikes. Where the shaft hole meets the tSee Sold Price
Sold2018Trio of Luristan Bronze Weapons - Ex-Piscopo**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A trio of well-aged bronze armaments in three unique weapon typologies. First is a socketed axe head with a flat butt end, aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Large Bactrian Bronze Axe, ex-PiscopoBactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket; one end flares outward while the bladeSee Sold Price
Sold2017Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-PiscopoCentral Europe (Germany, Austria), Eastern Hallstatt Culture, ca. 8th to 6th centuries BCE. An amazingly well-preserved iron artifact, from the Early Iron Age in Europe. A large axe head, thin, broadeSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large Central Asian Bronze Axe Head, ex-Piscopo**Originally Listed At $350** Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), modern day central Asia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. This is a bronze axe head with a characteristic curved shape and narrow socket; based onSee Sold Price
Sold2016Chinese Han Dynasty Bronze Pole Axe, ex-PiscopoFar East, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A large cast bronze Han Dynasty pole axe with a lengthy dual-edged blade, a pronounced blood ridge on both faces, each ridge punctuated by an attraSee Sold Price
Sold2016Urartu Arsenical Bronze Battle Axe, ex-PiscopoNear East, Urartu culture, modern day Iran / Armenia, ca. 2300 to 2100 BCE. This is a cast bronze battle axe with a flat, rectangular blade and a flared butt with simple, curvilinear raised designs arSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Bactrian Bronze Votive Axe, ex-PiscopoCentral Asia, Bactria, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a bronze votive axe that would have been placed atop a standard for ceremonial purposes; it has a small, round socket and a hook along the top of tSee Sold Price
Sold2016Rare Roman Iron Axe Blade, ex-PiscopoRoman, ca. 0 to 450 CE. This is a hammered iron axe blade with a long, hooked blade, and an oval hole for a wood handle. Iron is very difficult to date, but we do know that the Romans admired the axeSee Sold Price
Sold2023Canaanite Style Bronze Duck Bill Axe, Ex-PiscopoWell made copy of a Canaanite bronze duck bill axe head with characteristic double hole openings, nice patina. Size 4" L x 3" HEx-Piscopo Collection, Ex- San Diego Arms and Armour CollectionSee Sold Price
Jul 08Hermann Historica GmbHThree Breton bronze axes type Dahouet, late Bronze Age to early Iron Age of western Europe, 10th -€400(1 bid)
Jul 08Hermann Historica GmbHThree Breton bronze axes type Dahouet, late Bronze Age to early Iron Age of western Europe, 10th -€340(1 bid)
Jul 08Hermann Historica GmbHA ring braid with pendants made of bronze, Iron Age of Southeast Europe, 6th century B.C.€900