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LOT 1397
Framed Roman Iron Socketted Arrowhead
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
13 x 9 1/2 in. (963 grams, 33 x 24.1 cm).
With leaf-shaped blade and narrow neck, flared tubular split socket; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with reveal and title panel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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