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LOT 0301

'The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 in. (100 grams, 15.4 cm).

Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mounting rivets.

Provenance

Found Badgers Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, in 1987.
Ex M. Hamblin collection, UK.
Recorded with Wardown Museum, Luton, UK.

CONDITION

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LOT 0301

'The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger

Sold for (Inc. bp): £910

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