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LOT 1360
'The Customs House' Tudor Inscribed Iron Hammer-Head
16TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (2.82 kg, 24.2 cm).
Octagonal in section with one tapering end and one flat, circular end; square punch marks to one face in a pattern: '10B'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames foreshore, Customs House, London, UK, on Thursday 9th November 2006.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LON-D6B085.
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