TimeLine Auctions

Auction 155  –  5 - 9 March 2024

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 155

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 05.03.2024, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 2: We, 06.03.2024, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 07.03.2024, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 4: Fr, 08.03.2024, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 5: Sa, 09.03.2024, from 1:00 PM CET
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Description

Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Proto-Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.. Cordiform with much cortex remaining to one face, inked inscription '1727 / TWYDALL'. The Twydall finds are discussed in F.R. Beresford Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection in Lithics Vol.39, 2021. 237 grams, 88 mm (3 1/2 in.).

Found Twydall, Kent, UK.Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.

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Price realized 300 GBP
Starting price 5 GBP
Estimate 80 GBP
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