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    • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
  • ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT  *R337
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    ANCIENT SELJUK TURKISH BRONZE AND COPPER DECORATED FLANGED WAR MACE OF AN ISLAMIC KNIGHT *R337

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    ID:
    Flanged Mace
    FOUND:
    Ancient Near East
    AGE:
    1037 A.D. - 1194 A.D.
    SIZE:
    3.15" tall x 2" across
    CONDITION:
    COMPLETE. NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. CONSERVED.
    NOTE:
    ABSOLUTE MUSEUM PIECE FROM A RARE EMPIRE AND PERIOD WITH EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL USE. FROM THE ENEMY MILITARY OF THE CHRISTIAN BYZANTINE ROMAN EMPIRE!
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    Includes Display Case
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    Includes a LIFETIME GUARANTEE Certificate of Authenticity & Condition / History Sheet
    PROVENANCE:
    Ex-private California, USA collection formed in the early 1980's.

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    SEE MORE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARTIFACTS

    Seljuk militaria is very rare on the market.  We are pleased to offer the second ever (and only other one we have!) decorated, copper and bronze ancient early Seljuk (Saljuq) MUSEUM-CLASS flanged war mace head from an Islamic knight.  Made of heavy cast bronze with copper inlay panels, this war mace was most likely a weapon of a high ranking officer as most of the common weapons of the period were iron.  Furthermore, classic Seljuk woven design patterns were engraved down the sides of the flanges.  Considerable combat use can be seen by the wear on the outer flange edges.  The original bright golden and red colors of this mace would have been a show of leadership and command, identifying ranking officers to their subordinate soldiers in the heat of battle.  This remarkable Seljuk ancient war mace features an excellent state of preservation with all flanges intact. 

    The bottom shaft hole opening shows damage where it was likely broken off its former shaft, during combat use.  The interior of the mace head shows ancient encrustations and the copper decorations reveal colorful ancient cuprite deposits - all a testament to its authenticity and age.  With its heavy cast weight, it would have been a deadly effective weapon mounted on the end of a long shaft and swung from a moving cavalry horse. 

    Ancient militaria of this level very rarely makes it to the public market.  This is an extremely rare offering and is the only Seljuk ancient Islamic mace head we have ever offered or will offer.  It will provide a lifetime of pride to the knowledgeable advanced collector that makes it theirs, as it once did to the ancient warrior that carried it battle.

    For reference, see other Seljuk maces with identical designs HERE.

    And similar era ancient Islamic maces from past auctions can be seen HERE and HERE.

    This artifact has  been professionally cleaned and conserved in our lab, being treated with a special sealer developed and formulated by us specifically for ancient metal preservation.  The patina shows beautiful traits only found in authentic ancient weapons.  It is a patina like this that the finest ancient bronzes are prized for and it is a patina like this that brings a premium in price and value of the specimen.  There is no active bronze disease. Bronze disease can develop on ancient bronze that is not properly cleaned and conserved.  It produces a corrosive powder that will literally eat away an artifact over time and destroy it.

    HISTORY

    The Seljuk (Saljuq) Empire, was a Turko-Persian Sunni Muslim empire originating from the Qiniq branch of Oghuz Turks.  At the time of its greatest extent, the Seljuk Empire controlled a vast area, stretching from western Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south.

    The Seljuk empire was founded in 1037 AD by Tughril Beg (990–1063) and his brother Chaghri Beg (989–1060).  From their homelands near the Aral Sea, the Seljuks advanced first into Khorasan and then into mainland Persia, before eventually conquering Baghdad and eastern Anatolia.  The Seljuks won the battle of Manzikert in 1071, and then conquered most of the rest of Anatolia, wresting it from the Byzantine Empire. This was one of the impetuses for the First Crusade (1095–1099). The Seljuk empire began to decline in the 1140s, and by 1194 had been supplanted by the Khwarazmian Empire.

    The Seljuk empire united the fractured political landscape of the eastern Islamic world and played a key role in the first and second crusades.  The Seljuks also played an important part in the creation and expansion of multiple art forms during the period in which they had influence.  Highly Persianized in culture and language, the Seljuks also played an important role in the development of the Turko-Persian tradition, even exporting Persian culture to Anatolia.  The settlement of Turkic tribes in the northwestern peripheral parts of the empire, for the strategic military purpose of fending off invasions from neighboring states, led to the progressive Turkicization of those areas.

    The Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of decisive battles that shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor and Syria from the Byzantine Empire to the Seljuks.  Riding from the steppes of Central Asia, the Seljuks replicated tactics practiced by the Huns hundreds of years earlier against a similar Roman opponent but now combining it with new-found Islamic zeal.  In many ways, the Seljuk resumed the conquests of the Muslims in the Byzantine–Arab Wars initiated by the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abassid Caliphates in the Levant, North Africa and Asia Minor.

    During the course of the war, the Seljuk Turks and their allies attacked the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt, capturing Jerusalem and catalyzing the call for the First Crusade.  Crusader assistance to the Byzantine Empire was mixed with treachery and looting, although substantial gains were made in the First Crusade.  Within a hundred years of Manzikert, the Byzantines had successfully driven back the Turks from the coasts of Asia Minor and extended their influence right down to Palestine and even Egypt.  Later, the Byzantines were unable to extract any more assistance, and the Fourth Crusade even led to the sack of Constantinople in 1204.  

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    ID Flanged Mace
    FOUND Ancient Near East
    AGE 1037 A.D. - 1194 A.D.
    SIZE 3.15" tall x 2" across
    CONDITION COMPLETE. NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. CONSERVED.
    NOTE ABSOLUTE MUSEUM PIECE FROM A RARE EMPIRE AND PERIOD WITH EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL USE. FROM THE ENEMY MILITARY OF THE CHRISTIAN BYZANTINE ROMAN EMPIRE!
    :: Includes Display Case
    :: Includes a LIFETIME GUARANTEE Certificate of Authenticity & Condition / History Sheet
    PROVENANCE Ex-private California, USA collection formed in the early 1980's.

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