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SC:
Images from Radman-Livaja, Ivan.  Militaria Sisciensia: Nalazi rimske vojne opreme iz Siska u fundusu Arheoloskoga muzeja u Zagrebu, 2004.

From Roman context finds at Siscia

Iron tanged square cross-section (aka bodkin) catapult bolt head
119.  12 cm
120.  9.7 cm
121.  9.5 cm
122.  8.6 cm

Joe Sermarini:
Nice.  Thanks.  Eventually I will work these into the NumisWiki Ancient Metal Arrowheads page. (Or someone else can - it is a wiki).

SC:
From Christopher Unz and Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Katalog der Militaria aus Vindonissa, 1997.

All are iron unless otherwise noted and are Roman from context.  1st to 4th century unless otherwise noted.  Length not given as illustrated 1/3 scale.  However actual page size is unknown in digital format.

336-340 = bronze arrowheads; 2.9g – 6g
336, 338-340, 341, 343-358 = tanged, trefoil;  0.6 – 2.4g (except 336 2.9g, 338-339 6g)
337 = socketed, barbed; 3.9g
342 = tanged, flat triangular leaf; 8.1g
359-371 = socketed, flat triangular leaf; 1.9 – 8.1g
372-378 = socketed single-barb; 3.4 – 7.7g
379-382 = tanged, square cross-section (aka bodkin); 3.8 – 4.8g
383-384 = socketed, flat cross-section; 9.5g/9.6g
385-387 = socketed, square cross-section (aka bodkin); 5.3g/5.4g/10.6g
388-398 = wooden arrow shaft fragments
399-406 = iron reinforcements for ends of bows
407-420 = bone reinforcements for ends of bows

quadrans:
Great work both of you ... +++

 Joe/Q.

SC:
From Christopher Unz and Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Katalog der Militaria aus Vindonissa, 1997.

All are iron unless otherwise noted and are Roman from context.  1st to 4th century unless otherwise noted.  Length not given as illustrated 1/3 scale.  However actual page size is unknown in digital format.

421-426 = tanged, round cross-section catapult bolt head; 8-22g, avg. 13g.
427-458 = tanged, square cross-section catapult bolt head; 16-33g, avg. 22-24g.
459-486 = socketed, square cross-section catapult bolt head; 12-40g, avg. 16g & 25g.
487-494, 498 = socketed, double-conic head catapult bolt; 13-25g, avg. 20g.
495-497, 502 = socketed, hexagonal cross-section catapult bolt head; 26g/22g/14g/21g.
499-501 = socketed, tapering with no clear head, catapult bolt; 21g/17g/26g.
503-505 = socketed, with clearly defined short square cross-section head, catapult bolt; 36g.
506-510 = socketed, with very long square cross-section head, catapult bolt; 25g-65g.

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