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LOT 1208
Stone Age English Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (393 grams, 13.1 cm).
Knapped and broadly plano-convex in section. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found field walking in Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK.
From an English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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