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Lot 4 of 739: Bronze Age Votive Axe. Circa .2150 - 1500 BC. Bronze, 4.47 grams. 35.38 mm. A miniature Bronze Age flat axe. These small objects are thought to be too small to have functioned as an axe and current archaeological thinking suggests they played a role in votive/ritual practices or functioned as amulets.  Those modelled on later Bronze Age axe types, socketed and looped, have been found in secure Iron Age and Roman contexts. Similar examples can be found on the PAS finds database. Property of a p

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Estimate: £40 - £50

2 day Historica: Coins, Banknotes & Antiquities Auction Live Webcast Only - Postage and Safe Click/Collect Only NO ONLINE FEES ON HANSONSLIVE.CO.UK(#247)  26/10/2020 10:30 AM GMT  CLOSED!