Lot 0866

Bronze Age Large British Flat Axehead

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Bronze Age Copper Flat Axehead: 2nd millennium BC. A flat axehead with square butt, lateral stops, tapering blade with flared edge. 262 grams, 13.2cm (5 1/4"). From a private Netherlands collection; previously in an old collection s

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Bronze Age Truncated British Looped Palstave Axehead: 2nd millennium BC. A cast bronze palstave axe fragment with spatulate blade and deep recess to the rear of each face, single lateral loop. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and N

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Bronze Age British Looped and Socketted Axehead: 1st millennium BC. A socketted axehead with thickened collar, flared blade with slightly curved cutting edge, thick lateral loop. 334 grams, 11.4cm (4 1/2"). From the private collection of Alexander C

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British Bronze Age 'Dunstable' Founder's Axehead Hoard: 15th-9th century B.C. An entire Late Bronze Age founder's hoard comprising: a complete looped palstave axe, with a fragment of another; with five complete or almost so socketted axes, some showing lin

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Ancient Bronze Age Large Holy Land Jar: Ancient Bronze Age Large Holy Land Jar , 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A large terracotta globular vessel Twin Handled with flat base, tubular neck, with a ring of impressed-point detailing below the flared

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Bronze Age British Chisel and Awl Collection: 2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bronze tools comprising: an elliptical-section flared chisel blade with transverse collar and flat-section tang (found Oxfordshire); a square-section tapering tang

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Ancient European Bronze Age Flat Axe: Ancient European Bronze Age Flat Axe Date: ca. 1500 BC Material: bronze Size: 92mm; 156grams Superb European Bronze Age socketed axehead with loop. Rare example of early human technology and metal wor

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19th-14th century BC. A large bronze flared flat-section axehead with convex cutting edge, rounded butt; slight facet below the edge. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 28. 596 grams, 15.5cm (6"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s, collection number AX1; formerly the property of a West Yorkshire lady; collected 1978-2008. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as â€˜an important research sourceâ€™ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and â€˜treasure houses of delightâ€™ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd â€“ as a collector, dealer and valuer â€“ can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.