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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]
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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