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LOT 1538
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (62.6 grams, 55 mm).
Featuring a loop and remains of the socket; crescentic blade lost in antiquity. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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