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LOT 1873
Large Medieval Socketted Iron Arrowhead
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (20.66 grams, 88 mm).
With swept lateral barbs and deep conical socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from a USA private collector in the 1990s.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
See Jessop, O., Medieval Arrowheads, Finds Research Group datasheet 22, Lincoln, 1997.
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