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LOT 1587
Stone Age Flint Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 350,000-150,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (409 grams total including stand, axe: 12.2 cm).
Cordate in profile with cortex to one edge, inked findspot 'Ridge Quarry, Romsey'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Ridge Pitt, Romsey, Kent, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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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