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British Bronze Age 'Shelf Type' Looped Palstave Axehead British Bronze Age 'Shelf Type' Looped Palstave Axehead British Bronze Age 'Shelf Type' Looped Palstave Axehead
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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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