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Description: | One half of a Roman copper-alloy key ring. The ring is quite crudely made; the ring's surface is rough and the moulded decoration not very accucate. The rectangular bezel of the ring is decorated with long engraved lines and attached to it at a right angle is the square 'key' bit. It has a central H-shaped openwork and the frame is lined with a number of notches. However, it is an 'ornamental' key rather than a proper one that would have opened a small casket. These ornamental symbolic key rings are most probably 2nd century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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