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LOT 1695
Iron Age Celtic Sandstone Hammer Stone
CIRCA 400 A.D.
6 5/8 in. (977 grams, 17 cm).
Large cobble also used as a whetstone; old collector's legend 'IA-7'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from S. Murray.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.IA7; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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