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LOT 1459
Stone Age 'Cissbury Ring' Polished Speckled Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (211 grams, 93 mm).
Beautifully shaped and polished axe with gently curved cutting edge, tapering butt.
Provenance
Found near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, in the 1960s.
Ex Ron Kerridge collection, West Sussex, UK.
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LOT 1459
Stone Age 'Cissbury Ring' Polished Speckled Stone Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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