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LOT 1555
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
3/8 - 2 1/4 in. (254 grams total including box, 10-58 mm).
Mixed group of points, scrapers and other tools embedded in a foam matrix for transportation. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools
Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
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