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LOT 1424
Medieval Swallowtail Iron Arrowhead
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (15.7 grams, 96 mm).
With two splayed long barbs, twisted neck and split socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired prior to 2000.
Ex private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Kent lady collector.
Literature
See Jessop, O., Medieval Arrowheads, Finds Research Group datasheet 22, Lincoln, 1997.
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