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LOT 1706
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (194 grams, 84 mm).
Slender cutting edge and rounded butt, two old collection notes '3980/1/28' and 'SNC 12.83 WGS', as well as a small arrow on the other side. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1706
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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