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LOT 1470
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 in. (373grams total, 40.5 cm).
With leaf-shaped blade, raised midrib and rounded shoulders, short neck and the square-section tapering tang with pointed tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
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