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LOT 1759
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
CIRCA 1500-1100 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (21.96 grams, 56.64 mm overall, 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
Formed with two spirals of single wire flanking a ring composed of several coils.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe, before 1990.
Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2001.
Private collection, Europe.
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LOT 1759
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Bronze Age Flanged Flat Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With shallow flanges on both faces and a curved cutting edge. 177 grams, 13.7 cm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
British Bronze Age Awl
2150-800 B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The tang square in section with thick collar and conical spike below. 12.7 grams, 51 mm
Found Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-F3F652. -
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.