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During antiquity, lead was a by-product of silver mining and used mainly for coinage. Dr. Hermanns therefore assumes that the lead was used as munitions for mercenaries provided by the Baleareans during antiquity.

Lead was used for coins, and therefore it was ammunition? What ... they're gonna throw money at the other side?

I can maybe see lead being used for sling shots, but wouldn't it would be a millenium before lead had any utility in weaponry.