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LOT 1595

British Bronze Age 'Migdale Type' Copper Flat Axe

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 5/8 in. (256 grams, 93 mm).

Flat axe with sharpened square butt, flared body, rounded edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near the river Trent, Clifton, Nottinghamshire, UK.
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 71.

CONDITION

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LOT 1595

British Bronze Age 'Migdale Type' Copper Flat Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

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