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LOT 1699

Stone Age Flint Axehead Fragment

MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 14,000-8,000 B.P.

3 3/8 in. (135 grams, 85 mm).

Lozengiform in section with chipped butt, dressed cutting edge; old collection number '113 MH' and 'S.Hants' to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found South Hampshire, UK, in 1974.
Acquired from Martin Greens, UK, in 1972.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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 1699

Stone Age Flint Axehead Fragment

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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