PB Greek sling bullet. Thrace (c. 4th–1st centuries BC)
Lead sling bullet is with an image of a spear-head on one side and with a name Sparodas (Σπαρῴδας) on the other.
Cf. See, M. Manov – N. Torbov 2016, ‘Inscribed Lead Sling Bullets with the Name of Alexander the Great and with Other Names and Symbols Found in Thrace’, Archaeologia Bulgarica 20, pp 32–33, nos. 24–25.
Lead sling bullets are often inscribed with the personal names of military commanders of a unit of slingers. Sparodas was probably a prominent commander of one of Macedonian kings (Antigonus Gonatas, Philip V or Perseus).
Weight: 29.64 g.
Diameter: 30.25 mm.