TimeLine Auctions

Auction 154  –  5 - 9 December 2023

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 154

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

Part 1: Tu, 05.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 2: We, 06.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 3: Th, 07.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 4: Fr, 08.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 5: Sa, 09.12.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
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Description

Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P. Lithic flake with much cortex and an unusual triangular point at one end; old inked inscription '4.PB.H32.C / 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. 80 grams, 73 mm (2 7/8 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 30 GBP
Starting price 5 GBP
Estimate 50 GBP
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