A relatively heavy bronze palstave axehead with top suspension loop bridging the stop-ridge. The body of the axe is decorated on both sides, to the front of the stop-ridge, with three ribs in relief. Crescentic blade, flaring at the edges; minor metal imperfections at the butt.
 
Middle Bronze Age period: Circa 1450-1000 BC.
 
Very Fine condition; good bronze.
Length 14.6 cms (5.74 ins).
Weight 451 grams.
 
Provenance: Ex Campbell collection 1990-2010. Found southern Oxfordshire. 
 
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