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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.

Provenance

Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 560.

CONDITION

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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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