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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
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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]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

See similar type in Smith, M.A. (ed), The Shoebury Hoard, Suffolk, Inventaria Archaeologica GB 38, London, British Museum, 1958, no.10.

CONDITION
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LOT 1525

Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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