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LOT 1548
Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
CIRCA 1500-1100 B.C.
6 in. (416 grams, 15.2 cm).
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Ely Auctions, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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