ANCIENT GREEK BRONZE SPEARS (3)

1200-800 BC, Greek Archaic Period. Lot of three bronze spearheads; 1) spearhead with a leaf-shaped, lentoid-section blade with a raised midrib, short neck and short tang; 2) spearhead with large triangular, slightly barbed blade, raised midrib, short neck and tang; 3) spearhead with small triangular, barbed blade, short neck and long tang. Bronze weaponry production flourished in western Asia, the Aegean, and Mainland Greece from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war in Greek Bronze Age societies and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. Good condition. Size: L:54-92mm; 45g. Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.