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LOT 1610
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
1 1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (4.7 grams total, 29-33 mm).
Two arrowheads, one ovate and one with rounded base. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames Valley in the 19th century.
From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK.
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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