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LOT 1288
Iron Age Celtic La Tene Socketted Axe
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (303 grams, 11.5 cm).
Forged in iron with folded rectangular-section socket and flared crescent-edge blade. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Formerly with Hermann Historica, Germany.
Ex property of a UK gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Wilbrand, Das Eiserne Kampfbeil, pl.1.
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