Primitive Money
Lot 5807 Session 17 (11.30am Fri 26 Nov) Primitive Money
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180
MEXICO, bronze axe money from the Aztecs, c.800-1200 A.D., with raised shank edges, height 111mm., width 150mm, (Opitz p.24-25 type 2A-2B). Very fine, rare.
Ex Robb Family Collection.
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