Bronze, 265 grams, 125 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Large size cast socketted axe with piercings to assist fixing the head to the haft. The socket ornamented with cast chevrons and the cutting edge slightly convex. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.113, 13.5. Very fine and rare form. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.