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LOT 1588
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 2 1/4 in. (9.12 grams total, 26-56 mm).
Including lanceolate and other types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Sahara desert of North Africa.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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