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LOT 1483
Large Iron Age Celtic Spearhead
CIRCA 450 B.C.– 50 A.D.
18 3/4 in. (321 grams, 47.7 cm).
A long, slender leaf-shaped blade with expanding conical socket.
ProvenanceAxel Guttmann, Germany.
Hermann Historica, 7 October 2009, no.207 (Part).
Private collection, Germany.
Kept in the UK from 2016.
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