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Bronze "barbell" shot, rare.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Other Start Price:35.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Bronze  barbell  shot, rare.
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This item SOLD at 2009 Oct 16 @ 14:12UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Bronze "barbell" shot, rare. 41.8 grams, 2-1/2" long. Just like lot #1739 in this sale from the 1715 Fleet but in bronze instead of lead, this curious piece is basically two musketballs cast with a long connecting bar which, when shot out of a gun, would spin and foul lines or just do more damage in general, its surfaces now dark but with some reddish and brassy color peeking through. Found at a ca.-1590 Spanish colonial site in the southern Caribbean