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LOT 1568

Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.

1 1/4 in. (4.6 grams total, 30-32 mm).

Two knapped broadly leaf-shaped arrowheads in light brown mottled flint. [2, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1568

Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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