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LOT 1159
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (239 grams, 96 mm).
A bronze socketted axehead with wedge-shaped chamfered cheeks, near-vertical cutting edge, raised rib to upper and lower face.
Provenance
Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
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