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LOT 2049
Bronze Age 'Founder's Hoard' Artefact Group
CONTINENTAL EUROPE, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 - 4 7/8 in. (489 grams total, 5.8-12.4 cm).
Comprising the socket from a looped-and-socketed axehead, two sickle fragments and a ribbed bar. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Germany in the early 1980s.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2049
Bronze Age 'Founder's Hoard' Artefact Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Bronze Age Axehead Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of fragments in various sizes. 829 grams total, 27-80 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
British Bronze Age Flanged Axehead
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With shallow lateral flanges to both faces and a broad curved cutting edge. 109 grams, 87 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Circa 1800-1200 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A low-flanged palstave with a short 'squared' butt, a triangular-section blade with a convex cutting edge, lateral flanges, a stop and a median rib. 128 grams, 98 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.