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LOT 0268
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (572 grams,19 cm).
Piriform body in cream-coloured flint, with remains of an old handwritten label on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, August 1965.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
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