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LOT 1540

British Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6000-4500 B.C.

3 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (110 grams, 87 x 59 x 33 mm).

Scaphoid in plan and lentoid in section with inked collector's number '2.00'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Kent, UK.
Ex P. Watson collection, UK, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1540

British Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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