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LOT 0283

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(2 Bids, Reserve not met)   |   Current bid: £200
LARGE BRITISH BRONZE AGE LOOPED PALSTAVE AXEHEAD
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 5/8 in. (521 grams, 16.7 cm).

Of Type Worthing with deep lateral flanges, deep mid-stops, one lateral loop, blade with ledge and flared edge; impressed wedge motif to each face.

PROVENANCE:
Found Lincolnshire, UK.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 917.

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