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LOT 1501
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 in. (85 grams total, 30-49 mm).
Mainly ovate and triangular types, some with inked 'XA' reference. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found South of Peronne, France.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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