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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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Rectangular sheet-gold ribbon, plaque or cordon with reeded outer face and plain reverse, mounting hole to each end. 4.73 grams, 73.56 mm
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