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LOT 1162
Bronze Age and Other Arrowhead Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 4 in. (38 grams total, 3.5-10 cm).
The mixed group comprising a knapped stone arrowhead and two tanged copper-alloy arrowheads of different types. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, the bronze arrowheads from DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
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