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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]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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