European Late Bronze Age 'Socketted & Pierced' Spearhead
Bronze, 100 grams, 150 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Medium size cast socketted spearhead with two piercings to assist fixing the head to the shaft. The cutting edges slightly convex with the central rib tapering smoothly from the socket. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.107, 11.46. Good fine condition, with slight modern damage to one edge. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.