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LOT 1626
Stone Age 'Swanscombe' Flint Retouched Flake
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
2 5/8 in. (66 grams, 67 mm).
Subtriangular in plan with broad butt; point broken in antiquity; labelled '57'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Milton Street, Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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