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LOT 1158
Bronze Age Miniature Graduated Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 in. (12.9 grams total, 37-50 mm).
Group of miniature palstaves each with transverse lunate balde, raised lateral flanges to the shank. [4]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1158
Bronze Age Miniature Graduated Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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British Middle Bronze Age Basal-Looped Socketted Spearhead
Circa 1400-1125 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Leaf-shaped with loops incorporated into the base, the blade in two pieces, the centre of the blade divided by an expanding lozenge-sectioned midrib, conjoined at the base of the blade are two oval-shaped loops, the socket conical in shape with remains of the wood shaft inside. 250 grams total, 9.7-17.2 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Rylstone, North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2018. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-7A5023.
Middle Bronze Age spearheads have been categorised by Davis (2017) and this example falls into Group 8, and are dated to the Taunton and Penard phases (1400 B.C.-1125 B.C.). -
Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
1400-1150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With leaf-shaped lateral flanges, mid-stop with deep ledge, flared blade with curved edge; butt absent. 168 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
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Luristan Copper Flat Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a rounded butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 177 grams, 17.5 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery.
