RARE ANCIENT GREEK HOPLITE BRONZE SPEAR

800 – 600 BC, Greek Hoplite Period. A Bronze spearhead with a triangle-shaped, lentoid-section blade with a raised midrib and medium length socket. Beautiful Patina. From west Asia to Mainland Greece, bronze weaponry production flourished from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears and arrows were exchanged via trade and war and are discovered in both civic and ritual context. Good condition. Size: L:270mm / W:50mm ; 400g. Provenance: Property of an established London gallery; acquired from a private estate collection formed in the 1970s.