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LOT 1659
Bronze Age Copper D-Sectioned Flat Axe
BRITAIN, MID 3RD-MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (285 grams, 14 cm).
Elongated trapezoidal form with squared butt, rounded edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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