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LOT 1589
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Chopper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
3 1/8 in. (152 grams, 79 mm).
Rounded blade and cortex-covered butt, old inked collection numbers 'SNC 9.60 W.G.S' and 3968/1/28', and a pencilled note '150.9' to the other side. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with three 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 1589
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Chopper
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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