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LOT 1729
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (179 grams, 11.3 cm).
Slender body with a rounded blade, inked collection number '4163/1/28'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in an old Stone Age tool collection, having been annotated with an accession number.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1729
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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