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LOT 1687
Iron Age Celtic Sandstone Hammer Stone
CIRCA 400 A.D.
6 7/8 in. (912 grams, 17.6 cm).
Polished cobble with rounded ends; old inked collector's legends to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from S. Murray.
From the private collection of Kenneth Acquired Coincraft, London, UK.
Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.IA3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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