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Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex
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LOT 1559

Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P

6 1/4 in. (499 grams, 16 cm).

Sussex deep patina, well made with a tapered form and tranchet removal to the tip.

Provenance

Found Sussex, UK.
From the collection of an English collector.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist 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 1559

Large English Stone Age 'Ficron' Handaxe from Sussex

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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