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LOT 0339
Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (308 grams, 94 mm).
Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK.
Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M., Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, item 44; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, 1267-94.
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LOT 0339
Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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