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LOT 2840
Swanscombe British Stone Age Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 420,000-380,000 B.P.
3 in. (114 grams, 77 mm).
Piriform type with flat butt and old label 'Kent Swanscombe'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
From the original collection of Henry Dewey.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Remains of the iron-rich soil still in situ. Attributed to Homo heidelbergensis
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LOT 2840
Swanscombe British Stone Age Knapped Handaxe
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Trapezoidal in plan with squared butt and inward-slanting sides; inked legend to obverse 'Meilgd / F.VII'. 115 grams, 89 mm
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Opening Bid: £5
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Made by Neanderthal. Textbook example
