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LOT 1151
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (124 grams, 50 mm).
A significant portion of a copper-alloy socketted axehead with a convex cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEssex gallery, early 2000s.
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Fine condition.
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