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Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
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LOT 1156

Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead

1400-1150 B.C.

4 1/4 in. (168 grams, 10.7 cm).

With leaf-shaped lateral flanges, mid-stop with deep ledge, flared blade with curved edge; butt absent.

Provenance

Found Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, item 739.

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LOT 1156

Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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