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LOT 1752
Celtic Iron Closed Socketted Splayed Axehead
LATE HALLSTATT-EARLY LA TENE PERIOD, CIRCA 450 B.C.
2 7/8 in. (124 grams, 73 mm).
Splayed blade and a rectangular-section socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip.
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