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LOT 1272
Bronze Age Pancake Ingot Fragment Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (556 grams total, 28-58 mm).
Comprising four pieces of copper 'bun' ingot, two showing characteristic edge cross-section. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Footnotes
These bun ingots were cast in shallow saucer depressions cut into rock where the copper ore was mined and smelted; they were then carried and traded across Europe before being broken up, melted down and having tin added to form bronze alloy; fragments such as these are frequently found as part of smith's hoards of, usually, worn out tools, weapons and raw material from the Late Bronze Age.
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