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LOT 1581
Large British Stone Age Knapped Flint Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC-BRONZE AGE PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 5/8 in. (12.2 grams, 67 mm).
Lentoid in profile with carefully knapped cutting edge, square-ended barbs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1581
Large British Stone Age Knapped Flint Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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