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LOT 0339

Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (112 grams, 14.5 cm).

With flared socket developing to a midrib with lateral step, leaf-shaped blade with stepped profile; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs.

Provenance

Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.

Literature

Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.

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LOT 0339

Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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