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LOT 2063
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (201 grams, 18.9 cm).
Flat in section with thick butt and straight cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Savoury, H.N., Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections, National Museum of Wales, 1980, fig.17, for similar.
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LOT 2063
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Large Bronze Age Copper Battle Axe
Central Europe, circa 4000-3500 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Featuring a circular shaft-hole through the centre, symmetrical narrow cutting edges expanding and curving towards the rear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.87 kg total, axe: 25.5 cm
From a private German collection. Ex John Lawton private collection, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page, including provenance. -
Bronze Age 'Founder's Hoard' Artefact Group
Continental Europe, early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising the socket from a looped-and-socketed axehead, two sickle fragments and a ribbed bar. 489 grams total, 5.8-12.4 cm
Acquired Germany in the early 1980s. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Bronze Age Tanged Copper Flat Axehead
Central Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising a rectangular-section tang, flared shoulders, waisted rectangular blade with curved cutting edge. 305 grams, 22.4 cm
From an old English collection formed since 1960.
