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LOT 1544
Stone Age Hand Axe Group
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 YEARS B.P.
4 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (673 grams total, 10.7-11.6 cm).
One leaf-shaped and one irregular, each with inked legend 'Morocco-Algeria Border'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Morocco-Algerian border, North Africa.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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