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LOT 1586

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

BRITISH BRONZE AGE 'SOUTH-EASTERN TYPE' LOOPED AND SOCKETTED AXEHEAD
CIRCA 10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (143 grams, 71 mm).

Flared blade and socket, loop to the edge. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
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. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M., Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, item 44; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, 1267-94.

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