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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.
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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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Leaf-shaped with loops incorporated into the base, the blade in two pieces, the centre of the blade divided by an expanding lozenge-sectioned midrib, conjoined at the base of the blade are two oval-shaped loops, the socket conical in shape with remains of the wood shaft inside. 250 grams total, 9.7-17.2 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Rylstone, North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2018. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-7A5023.
Middle Bronze Age spearheads have been categorised by Davis (2017) and this example falls into Group 8, and are dated to the Taunton and Penard phases (1400 B.C.-1125 B.C.). -
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Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Triangular flange on each side rising from the butt to the stop bar; below the septum, a hollow to each face; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with curved edge and raised median rib. 443 grams, 17 cm
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Circa 9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Leaf-shaped blade with a ribbed raised central ridge. 118 grams, 17.5 cm
From the collection of Dr Günter Wiedner, Bavaria, Germany, 1980s-2015. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.
These kind of spearheads are similar to the spearheads found in Irish Late Bronze Age hoards of the Dowris period, although there are no channelled blades.
