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LOT 1228
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (87 grams, 97 mm).
Of thin lentoid section with convex cutting edge; showing milky patination to one side; likely of European origin. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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