Mid 1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with reinforced tubular socket, long tapering neck and square edge, disc with central stud to the rear; Central European type. Cf. Novotná, M. Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3, Munich, 1970, pl.50(A"). 259 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). From the property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; formerly in a collection formed prior to 2000.