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LOT 1567
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-7000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (217 grams, 71 mm).
With round-section broad butt flaring to a curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx French collection formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad butt. 288 grams, 11.1 cm
Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967. From an old Hamburg, Germany collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mainly ovate and triangular types, some with inked 'XA' reference. 85 grams total, 30-49 mm
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Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967. From an old Hamburg, Germany collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
