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Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe
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LOT 1758

Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.P.

4 in. (188 grams, 10.3 cm).

Plano-convex in section with narrow cutting edge; marked 'Ridge 1991' in white ink. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found from 20th century excavations at the well-known and highly collectable Palaeolithic site at Ridge Pit, Romsey, UK.
From a British private collection formed prior to the beginning of the 2000s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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 1758

Stone Age British Yellow-Orange Flint Hand Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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