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LOT 1672

British Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Spearhead

1500-900 B.C.

3 7/8 in. (26.5 grams, 98 mm).

Side-looped spearhead with round-section midrib, leaf-shaped blade, tapering socket and lateral loops. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Monmouthshire, South East Wales, UK, in 2017.
From the collection of a Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 394, Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 140.

CONDITION

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LOT 1672

British Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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