Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A smoothed ovate mace head with drilled central piercing for mounting on a shaft; the ends showing evidence of use as a hammer stone. See Evans, Sir John, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 155, for a very similar example. 300 grams, 85mm (3 1/2"). From a North Yorkshire collection formed since the 1980s; thence by descent. [No Reserve]