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LOT 1584

Stone Age 'Coombe Hill' Flint Scraper

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.

2 3/8 in. (89 grams, 61 mm).

Discoid in plan with small area of cortex to the upper face; label '198' and pencilled legend 'Coombe Hill 3rd June 64'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Coombe Hill, UK, 3 June 1964.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1584

Stone Age 'Coombe Hill' Flint Scraper

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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