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LOT 1382
Iron Age Celtic Iron Axehead
BRITAIN, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (278 grams, 11.5 cm).
With lateral flanges curved inwards to form an open socket, long neck, broad flared blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound South East England.
From the private collection of Kenneth Acquired Coincraft, London, UK.
Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.IA25; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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