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LOT 1658
Stone Age Flint Partial Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
5/8 - 1 5/8 in. (24.8 grams total, 15-41 mm).
Comprising of nine pressure flaked partial arrowheads. [9, 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.
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