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LOT 1521
Large Stone Age Sutton Courtenay Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 480,000-250,000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (835 grams, 16.5 cm).
Substantial handaxe or cleaver with some pitting to the surface and cortex remaining; tip absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Sutton Courtenay, near Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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LOT 1521
Large Stone Age Sutton Courtenay Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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