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LOT 255764
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
3 in. (160 grams, 75 mm).
Ovate in plan with a squared butt, old inked collection number '444/1/28'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Previously 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 255764
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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