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LOT 1515
Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (115 grams, 11.3 cm).
Short-flanged with slightly curved butt, small lateral flanges to each face, long blade with lateral flanges to each face.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.
LiteratureCf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 560.
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LOT 1515
Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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