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