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LOT 1614
British Stone Age Flint Axehead
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12TH-8TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
5 in. (155 grams, 12.8 cm).
Biconvex in section with rounded butt and long cutting edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Funtington, West Sussex, UK.
From a Derbyshire auction house, UK.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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