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LOT 1771
Large Celtic Iron Open Socketted Splayed Axehead
LATE HALLSTATT-EARLY LA TENE PERIOD, CIRCA 450 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (424 grams, 12.5 cm).
With a flaring blade and a rectangular socket open on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous yellow cataloguing slip.
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