Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Unknown,sold by Seaby Coins, Ltd., Audley House, 11 Margaret Street, London, WIN 8AT,Bulletin 749, January 1981,Bought in a House Sale in N. Gloucestershire area,Apparently gone to a private collection in Kent.
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,"Found at Saltwood, Hythe, Kent; 7.1929 Faversham" - loose label attached (Peter Clayton - pers. comm.), presumably bough at Faversham in July 1923: conceivably from the Haines Hill, Saltwood hoard found June 4, 1872 - for which Evans records 8 spearheads - not all now extant?
Hoard: yes
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1929
Length (mm): 122
Surface: "Green corrosion"
Description: Dimensions: L 122mm,Condition: "small section of base of socket broken away"
Publications: a) Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, no. 749, Jan. 1981, p. 13 no. A10, pl. 1
Remarks: PRBAF: DF (C) (photo); CI,Ext.: CI,Rec.: SN Jan. 1981,Source: R