Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-Piscopo

Central 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, broade

Roman, 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 axe

**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 fro

Ancient 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 flare

Well 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 Collection

Eastern 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 th

Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A large, nice example of a chert hand axe with finely crimped sides. The chert is a chalky grey with darker grey and ocher tones. The

Far 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 attra

Luristan, 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. Ancient

Near 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 ar

Hittite 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. They

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; one end flares outward while the blade

Ancient 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). Provenan

Central 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 t

**First Time At Auction** Central Europe, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A hefty and compact hammered copper axe head. It features a wide socketing end with a central ridge along the verso,

**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. Thick

**First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely gathering of ten Roman arrowheads, nine formed from cast-bronze, and the last from iron. Seven arrowheads, all bro

Ancient 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 geometry

**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 on

Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern-day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a large, heavy, lost-wax cast copper axe head with a bulbous design on its socket and a flat, flared butt. Ancient Luristan w

Ancient 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 styl

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. As ever, central Asia was a crossroads

China, Bronze Age, ca. 1700 to 200 CE. This is a pair of small bronze socketed axe heads. One has the remnants of a wooden handle inside of its socket; the other, slightly larger, has an incised desig

8 3/8” Iron Trade Axe Pipe, ex Jack Baker, Wayne Co, IL