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LOT 1525
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (111 grams, 59 mm).
Fragment of socket, blade and cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee similar type in Smith, M.A. (ed), The Shoebury Hoard, Suffolk, Inventaria Archaeologica GB 38, London, British Museum, 1958, no.10.
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LOT 1525
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
9th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 88 grams, 63 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The remains of the axe seem to be linked with the Welby type or closely related to it. During the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA II, 9th-8th century B.C.) there were several regional varieties of ribbed socketted axes. The Welby type was mainly distributed in southern and eastern England. -
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Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Short-flanged with slightly curved butt, small lateral flanges to each face, long blade with lateral flanges to each face. 115 grams, 11.3 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.
