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LOT 0282
Large Bronze Age Decorated Looped and Socketted Axehead
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (442 grams, 13.8 cm).
With an elliptical-section barrel and two parallel ribs beneath the flared mouth, flared cutting edge, small lateral loop below rim; casting seams to the sides. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.19.
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LOT 0282
Large Bronze Age Decorated Looped and Socketted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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