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LOT 1051
Greek Iron Arrowhead
4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (15.5 grams, 10.2 cm).
Barbed and tanged type with flared shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection, 1990s.
From the collection of an London antiquarian.
Literature
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1964,0408.8.
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