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LOT 1853

Anglo-Saxon Human Cranium and Fragments

6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

4 - 6 in. (284 grams total, 10-15.2 cm).

Fragments of the vault of a human skull, repaired and partly restored. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found in a Peterborough clay pit, Cambridgeshire, UK.
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Stone Treasures, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK, circa 2013.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Footnotes

NB: This lot is strictly for collection only.

CONDITION

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LOT 1853

Anglo-Saxon Human Cranium and Fragments

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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