Sumerian Bronze Pick Axe, ex-J. Piscopo

Sumer, modern-day Iraq, ca. second half of third millennium BCE. This is a beautiful example of a cast bronze pick with a sophisticated design to the tip and a flared back behind a rimmed socket. In m

A Zhou Dynasty bronze pick-axe head, China, c. 1122 - 800 BC, with vertically oriented blade and solid tapering pick to either side of a rounded shaft hole. L: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm). Nicely patinated. Ex

Greece, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. This is a bronze flat, leaf-shaped arrow head with a long, thin tang and a slight ridge. Size: 4.9" L x 1.85" W (12.4 cm x 4.7 cm) Provenance: Ex-J. Piscopo Collection, S

Viet Nam / Vietnam, ca. 1st millennium BCE. Bronze spear head with long socket and wide blade with four cutouts. Rare to find! Size: 9" L. Provenance: Ex-J. Connell collection, ex Piscopo collection

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

Ancient 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 th

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran / Turkey, Luristan, Iron Age, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A bronze axe head of dramatic form mold-cast, with a pick like blade, flared butt end, and a cylindrical socket

(Smaller blade), Luristan, modern day northern Iran, ca. 1500 to 1000 BCE; (Larger blade), Sumeria, ca. 1500 BCE. A pair of finely shaped axe heads, both from the ancient Near East. The region of Luri

Ur (Mesopotamia), modern day Iraq, Early Dynastic III, ca. 2100 BCE. This is a bronze pick-axehead, with a short shaft tube edged by ridges and a protruding butt in the form of three thick spikes; the

Ancient 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 t

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A mold-cast bronze pick-axe head with a narrow blade, a vertical edge, and a cylindrical socketing sh

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A hefty cast bronze pick axe or hoe head. The long blade is flat and rectangular, but the tip

China, Warring States Period, 475 to 221 BCE. This is a gorgeous, well-preserved bronze short sword with a round pommel and small guard. A bronze sword made during the Warring States Period is actuall

Ancient Near East and Asia Minor, Anatolia, Hittite culture, ca. second half of the 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful and early example of a cast-bronze axe head of a heavy, flat, and biconcave form. Th

**Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Near East, Neo-Sumerian Empire / Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III), ca. 2100 to 2000 BCE. A cast bronze axe with a spiked butt, probably intended as a votive weapon ra

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 7th century BCE. An elegant cast bronze axe head of simple form, with a long, straight, rectangular blade and a round socket with a

**First Time At Auction** Roman, Republican Period, ca. 1st century BCE. A group of seven trilobate and two bilobate bronze arrowheads. Representing a nice variety. Size of largest (all are fairly sim

**Originally Listed At $100** Ancient Near East, modern-day Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze socketed pick-axe head of a lengthy form, its blade elongated and gently tapered to a rou

Ancient Luristan Bronze Axe c.1000 BC. Ex Axel Guttmann. Size 8 1/4 inches length. Fine cast bronze Axe head with choice patina. Custom mounted. Provenance: Private NYC Dr Collection Ex Axel Guttmann.

Luristan Bronze Axe Head, Persia, ex. Bonhams, c. Early 1st Millennium B.C.Slender shaft with spike base.Size:11.6 cm L - 4 1/2 inches Material:Bronze Culture:Luristan, Iran, c. 2nd - 1st Millennium B

Ancient Near East, Sumer, probably Uruk III Period, ca. 3000 to 2300 BCE. This is a beautifully shaped bronze axe head with a prominent socket and a blade that is nearly straight along its top edge an

Title: Mesopotamian Bronze Spiked Axe Head, ex. Axel Guttmann collection Date/Origin: Mesopotamian, c. 2nd Millennium B.C. Description: Verical angle flat and sharp blade, The top edge almost horizont

Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A long, flattened, leaf-shaped blade with a pointed midrib and a short, rectangular tang with a pierced terminal for attachm

**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