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LOT 1740
Stone Age British Worked Flint Arrowhead and Boring Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 2 1/2 in. (99 grams total, 26-62 mm).
Including barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, burins, leaf-shaped blades and other items. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1740
Stone Age British Worked Flint Arrowhead and Boring Tool Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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