Rare Celtic Bronze Double Looped Socketed Axe Head

Northern Europe, Late Bronze Age (Celtic), ca. 800 to 500 BCE. An excellently-preserved example of a cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with a rectangular opening for a handle. The blade has

Greece, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a beautifully formed, early double bronze axe head with slight curving bits at each point of the axe head to better stick into an enemy. This type of axe head, known as a

Early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze double ended socketed axehead with wide socket hole and slightly flaring blade. Property of a Hampshire collector; acquired in the early 1980s. 85 grams, 70mm (3").

**Originally Listed At $500** Northern Europe, Celtic culture, Late Bronze Age, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. An excellently-preserved example of a cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with an ovoid open

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. A finely modelled Western-Asiatic cast bronze double axe head, composed of a long, tubular socket with four ribbed borders, a convex axe blade and an adze blad

Spain (Galicia), the Atlantic Bronze Age to Iron Age transition period, ca. 1300 to 700 BCE. This is a rare find in the world of ancient weapons! A finely shaped bronze axe head with a rounded loop on

Ancient European Bronze Age Flat Axe Date: ca. 1500 BC Material: bronze Size: 92mm; 156grams Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and metal wor

Ancient European Bronze Age Socketed Axe Date: ca. 1200- 800 BC Material: bronze Size: 87mm; 187grams Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and

Ancient European Bronze Age Flat Axe Date: ca. 1500 BC Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and metal working. Typical type for the central reg

Central Europe, Proto-Celtic Urnfield Culture, ca. 1000 BCE. An elegant socketed bronze axe head with a short, curved blade and slight decorative flare to the shape of the socket. Central Europeans at

Ancient Bronze Age Celtic Socketed and Looped Axe Date: Circa 200 BC – 100 AD Material: Bronze Provenance: Obtained from an old British collection, purchased from a gentleman in Birmingham Size: 105

Two Framed Luristan Bronze Axe Heads together with a Luristan Bronze Double Axe Head The Double Head 3 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. 9 1/4 x 12 in. frame. 6 1/2 x 13 in. frame. Illustrated in Rolf Winkes, Love for

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1200-700 BC. An attractive ceremonial axe head with flared blade and wide, cylindrical shaft tube. On the back, a solid bronze animal climbs the poll of the axe. The diligently wo

Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century CE. A gorgeous cast-bronze axe head with a crested back ridge, a circular socketing hole with a small protrusion on the ends of the upper and lower sp

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A lovely cast copper-bronze axe head with two distinct faces. A large socketing shaft is adorned with a ringed base and a molded ri

Luristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a large, heavy, lost-wax cast bronze axe head with four horizontal ridges around the socket and projecting slightly from the butt. Ancient Luris

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. Cast axe head comprising of a tubular socket with ribbed borders, a scroll to the upper edge and bulb below, a collar can be seen above the lower rim. The asym

A large Eastern Celtic bronze axe head, c. 5th - 3rd Century BC, the wide faces flat with oval mounting hole on one side and rounded cutting edge; the shaft hole with heavy raised collar. L: 5 1/2 in

A Near Eastern bronze double axe head, c. 1000 – 600 BC, with two narrow blades extending from circular socket hole. L: 4 ½ in. (11.4 cm). Nicely patinated. Ex Boston private collection.

An Eastern Celtic bronze axe head, c. 5th - 3rd Century BC, with curved cutting edge and side loop, either side decorated with two vertical lines; casting flanged on sides. L: 3 3/8 in (8.6 cm). Nice

**Originally Listed At $250** Luristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A diminutive lost-wax cast bronze axe head with a simple blade curved on its lower edge and flat and unsharpened along the

**Originally Listed At $250** Central Europe, St. Poelten, Austria, La Tene culture (Celtic), ca. 500 to 0 BCE. A cast bronze votive axe head in the style of those from a famous La Tene site, with a r

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic. Cast axe head comprising of a tubular socket with ribbed borders, a scroll to the upper edge and bulb below, collar above the lower rim. A short blade with a w

Ancient Celtic Bronze Axe Head c.2nd century BC. Size 3 1/4 inches length. Unusual Ancient Celtic Bronze Axe. with choice patina. Condition: perfect. Provenance: from the estate of Robert Thompson of