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LOT 1524
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Flaked Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2000 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (69 grams, 94 mm).
Biconvex in section with narrow point and cortex to one face bearing old collector's inked legend 'SALISBURY'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound fieldwalking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, by Mr P.M.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.28, for type.
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LOT 1524
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Flaked Flint Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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