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LOT 1256
Stone Age Danish Brown Flint Sickle Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (51 grams, 10.3 cm).
Inked inscriptions to the reverse in black: 'Denmark / Ex-Richard Britton / 7-13' and 'HOX'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
The property of Richard Britton.
From a U.S.A. private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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