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LOT 1766
Stone Age English Flint Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (3.22 grams total, 20-29 mm).
Barbed-and-tanged and lanceolate types, each with findspot. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dorset/Hampshire, UK.
Ex N. Thomas collection, 1970s-1980s.
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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