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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2757073, member: 76086&quot;]I am well versed in these and in fact have about 50 or so of them.&nbsp; The vast majority of them are not inscribed, but many are:</p><p><br /></p><p>FERI POMP (Strike Pompey)</p><p>PET CVLVM OCTAVIA (Attack Octavians A-hole, implying his troops were retreating)</p><p>FVGITIVI PERITIS (Perish in Your Flight)</p><p>DEXA (Catch!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Many are also inscribed in Greek or with thunderbolts, legion numbers etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those inscribed CN MAG do exist, but as already pointed out they are heavily faked.&nbsp; Below is a link to a site which discusses them in good detail (make sure to go to page 2):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/roman-lead-slingshot.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/roman-lead-slingshot.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.collector-antiquities.com/real-or-fake/roman-lead-slingshot.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, genuine examples are out there.&nbsp; Are they from Munde?&nbsp; While most of them on the market are indeed from Spain (mine all came from a friend who lives there and bought them locally), the site of Munde has never been found or confirmed but there are some sites which are likely.&nbsp; So, they <i>could</i> be, but its just a guess.&nbsp; I like sling bullets for a few reasons, but I love those which show impact damage (yes, genuine examples are frequently flat on one side).&nbsp; Anyone with an interest in Roman weapons or equipment should get a copy of M.C. Bishop &amp; J. C. N. Coulston, <i>Roman Military Equipment, From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome.</i> Sling bullets are illustrated in figure 27, numbers 1 to 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have a link to the auction?&nbsp; I can tell you if its real or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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