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LOT 1490
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
6 in. (412 grams, 15.2 cm).
Lentoid in section with rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Roughly piriform in profile with tapering point. 530 grams, 14.6 cm
Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967. From an old Hamburg, Germany collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
