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LOT 1289
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (193 grams, 67 mm).
Comprising the mid-section and partial socket of an axehead with loop to one edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 159 grams, 71 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Bronze Age Central European Axehead
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Featuring an elliptical socket and wedge-shaped cheeks. 954 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Bronze Age British Copper-Alloy Rivetted Dagger
Circa 13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
A rapier or dirk blade; the blade roughly leaf-shaped with raised midrib to both faces, flat butt with two rivet holes, one retaining a rivet. 87 grams, 15 cm
From an old South Coast, UK, collection. Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK.