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Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
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LOT 0286

Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

CENTRAL EUROPE, LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 1/2 in. (130 grams, 16.7 cm).

Broad leaf-shaped blade with a gusseted midrib, lateral holes for attachment.

Provenance

Ex German collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45; pl.10, p.18.

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LOT 0286

Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £715

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