Persian Slinger

This is the Persian Slinger that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 22s and subsequently in the 75 catalogue as PB 22.

Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 22 in AMPW.

The 's' designation was used to distinguish the newer 25mm style of models from the preceding, smaller 1/72nd range. The transition was soon complete and the 's' - special - was dropped from the figure codes thereafter. 

The base is stamped PB 22 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

Typical Minifigs slinger pose and nothing much to say about this chap. He wears what is described in AMPW as a 'spolas', identified as a kind of heavy sleeveless jerkin over his tunic. The sculpting is sufficiently vague that this can ignored and the whole painted as a tunic as more commonly illustrated.