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LOT 1609
British Bronze Age 'Shelf Type' Looped Palstave Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (405 grams, 16 cm).
With substantial blade and thick triangular sides with lateral loop; unfinished. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near 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 875.
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LOT 1609
British Bronze Age 'Shelf Type' Looped Palstave Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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