Bronze, 495 grams, 160 mm. Middle Bronze Age; 1,500-1,200 BC. A heavy cast axe with large wings. The blade tapering each way from a central spin and with a piercing at the butt to assist tying the axe to its haft. The cutting edge convex. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.113, 12.3-4. Very fine condition with sound patina. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.