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LOT 1554
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.
1 3/8 - 2 7/8 in. (97 grams total, 36-73 mm).
Mainly scrapers of various sizes, some with inked accession number. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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