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LOT 1627
Bronze Age Pierced Socketted Spearhead
LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (29.5 grams, 86 mm).
Small leaf-shaped blade with thick midrib developing to tapering socket with stepped rim; pierced at shoulder on each side of the blade. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Californian collection, USA, 1980s.
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