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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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