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LOT 1528
Late Bronze Age Hooked Sickle Blade
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (34.8 grams, 97 mm).
A scarce type III sickle with recurved finial and a curved single-edged blade with thickened upper rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman
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Bronze Age Spear Tip Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including lenticular-section blade fragments, triangular tips with midrib, and other items. 119 grams total, 16-69 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Large Late Bronze Age Neck Torc and Arm-Ring Set
10th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Comprising a substantial neck-ring with everted scrolled finials, and a coiled rod spiral. 850 grams total, 11.2-13.4 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Bronze Age to Post Medieval PAS Recorded Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.-17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising: Edward I silver penny (Sf-35D7CA); cut-quarter hammered silver coin (SF-36EB61); bronze pinhead (SF-35BF4B); bronze terret (SF-378E89); Polden Hill-type bow brooch (SF-3655EB); Harlow-type bow brooch (SF-C5C6BC); Colchester-type bow brooch (SF-C69B01); harness pendants (SF-3738FB, SF-C5F10D); disc brooch (SF-63B4EB); lead spindle whorls (SF-353DA0, SF-3501D6, SF-351B10); belt mounts (SF-35816E, SF-1989D4); bronze bracelet (SF-382C8A); bronze buckles (SF-34D969, SF-34B882); bronze spearhead (SF-C6436A). 303 grams total including documents
Found Suffolk, UK. Accompanied by copies of many of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) reports, nos. as listed.
