Bronze Age British Looped and Socketted Axehead
2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with square-section ribbed body, stepped mouth with rounded collar and loop, flared edge and convex blade. Cf. Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in East Anglia, BAR British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, item 128, for type. 182 grams, 86mm (3 1/2"). With Ancient Art Windsor, 1990s; formerly from the A Cotton collection, Hampshire, UK, 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition; socket chipped.
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2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with square-section ribbed body, stepped mouth with rounded collar and loop, flared edge and convex blade. Cf. Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in East Anglia, BAR British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, item 128, for type. 182 grams, 86mm (3 1/2"). With Ancient Art Windsor, 1990s; formerly from the A Cotton collection, Hampshire, UK, 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition; socket chipped.