GREEK WORLD · SELLER-REPORTED c. 400 BC
Greek Bronze Arrowheads I
TWO BRONZE ARROWHEADS · 8-INCH DISPLAY
£84.95
THE GREEK COLLECTION · THE IONIAN & ADRIATIC SEAS✦ ─── ◈ ─── ✦
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In the age of Greek city-states, mariners crossed the Ionian Sea to new harbours, neighbouring kingdoms and communities along the Adriatic. Explore the classical world around 400 BC before discovering four paired bronze-arrowhead displays.
♜ THE LANDSCAPE✥ THE HISTORY◈ THE OBJECTS
CORINTH · CORCYRA · THE ILLYRIAN COAST ENLARGE MAP ↗
CITY-STATES, SEAS AND HARBOURS · CIRCA 400 BCHISTORICAL MAP · ILLUSTRATIVE, NOT A FINDSPOT RECORD
Before the age of Alexander, Greek communities were connected by trade, rivalry and journeys across the sea.
READ THE STORY ↓THE HOUSE OF ANTIQUITIES · THE COLLECTION
Greek Bronze Arrowheads
Four pairs, each displayed upright in an 8-inch shadowbox — an antiquarian study of early bronze point forms.
04 PAIRED EXHIBITSGREEK WORLD · SELLER-REPORTED c. 400 BC
Greek Bronze Arrowheads II
TWO BRONZE ARROWHEADS · 8-INCH DISPLAY
£84.95
GREEK WORLD · SELLER-REPORTED c. 400 BC
Greek Bronze Arrowheads III
TWO BRONZE ARROWHEADS · 8-INCH DISPLAY
£84.95
GREEK WORLD · SELLER-REPORTED c. 400 BC
Greek Bronze Arrowheads IV
TWO BRONZE ARROWHEADS · 8-INCH DISPLAY
£84.95
ILLUSTRATIVE FRAMING PREVIEWS · NOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARTEFACTS · PURCHASES NOT YET OPEN
A CHAPTER FROM THE PAST
Across the Ionian Sea.
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Around 400 BC there was no unified Greek empire. Independent poleis maintained trading, religious and political connections around the Mediterranean. Corinth and Corcyra were closely linked to shipping routes across the Ionian Sea, while the Greek-associated settlements of Apollonia and Epidamnos lay along the eastern Adriatic coast.
These ports bordered communities often described collectively as Illyrian, whose cultures and political organisation were distinct from those of the Greek city-states. Our historical map sets the wider regional scene, rather than confirming the findspot of any arrowhead.
ABOUT THE ARTEFACTS & THEIR REPORTED ORIGINS
RETURN TO THE COLLECTION ↑The eight bronze arrowheads were sold as Classical Greek examples dated around 400 BC. The seller reported acquisition from an Eastern European collection, said to originate in former Yugoslavia. This account has not been independently substantiated; the precise cultural attribution, age and findspots remain uncertain.