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LOT 1616
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (132 grams, 14.4 cm).
Rectangular-section thick-butted axe with a smoothed blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Denmark.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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