Bronze age socketed axe head, 2nd millennium BC. Bronze axe head with lentoid section blade, a biconvex socket mouth with raised lateral flanges. Tear-shaped void to one broad faced rim. Acquired by S.London Collector Pre.1980. Purchased from NP Collectables, Lincolnshire for £187.00.
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