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LOT 2191
Large Medieval Socketted Iron Arrowhead
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (23.5 grams, 11 cm).
With a triangular head and lateral barbs, a slender neck and a deep butted socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from a USA private collector in the 1990s.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
Literature
See Jessop, O., Medieval Arrowheads, Finds Research Group datasheet 22, Lincoln, 1997.
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