Weapons and Armor 

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Import Restricted since 2011.

Section I.B.5 of Designated List in force since 2011.

In copper, bronze and iron. Types include both launching weapons (spears and javelins) and weapons for hand-to-hand combat (swords, daggers, etc.). Armor includes body armor, such as helmets, cuirasses, shin guards, and shields, and horse armor often decorated with elaborate engraved, embossed, or perforated designs.
Approximate date: 6th millennium B.C. to 30 B.C.

Example shown:
Three Spear-Heads
Material: Bronze; Period: Late Helladic IIIA-C (1425-1600 B.C.); Provenance: Iolkos, Volos (A), Spercheios Valley (B), Epidaurus in Argolid (C); Place of Production: Thessaly (A), Spercheios Valley (B), Argolid (C); Dimensions: length - 25.6 cm. (A), 25.5 cm. (B), 15.5 cm. (C)
Archaeological Museum of Volos (A), of Lamia (B), of Athens (C)