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LOT 1678

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

BRONZE AGE PALSTAVE AXEHEAD
BRITAIN, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (274 grams, 12 cm).

Lentoid-section body, crescentic blade and square butt, lateral flanges on both faces. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found UK.
Ex British private collection, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA24; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

LITERATURE:
Cf. a similar specimen in Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, figs.53, 55, 56.

CONDITION
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