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LOT 1561
Stone Age Flint Ovate Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
1 1/4 in. (1.87 grams, 30 mm).
A nicely knapped leaf-shaped arrowhead in light brown flint, with old collector's number to verso: '24'. [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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Fine condition.
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