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Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe
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LOT 1688

Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe

MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.P.

4 3/8 in. (154 grams, 11.2 cm).

Lentoid in section with point at each end, some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Aisne, France.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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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LOT 1688

Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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