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LOT 1514
Stone Age St. Meme Brown Flint Bifacial Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (258 grams total, 11.1 cm).
Piriform in plan with rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Meme, Charente, France.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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