British Bronze Age Flanged Axehead

CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 3/8 in. (109 grams, 87 mm).

With shallow lateral flanges to both faces and a broad curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Harbison, P., The Daggers and the Halberds of the Early Bronze Age in Ireland, Prähistorische Bronzefunde Abteilung VI, 1. Band, Munich, 1969, plate 76(1), for type.

CONDITION

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