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Description: | A copper-alloy casket key of probable 12th to 14th century AD. This suggested date range is based upon consideration of the excavated evidence from Winchester (see Biddle 1990: 1024-1036), which turned up numerous examples.The bow is circular, with flat surfaces and a small circular aperture located slightly off-centre. The bow extends smoothly into the stem, which is of flattened-oval section and is hollow at the distal end. The rectangular bit is very simple in form, having, at the top of its outer edge, a single ward between two shallow clefts. On the bottom edge a single shallow cleft has been incised to create two wards.The artefact is damaged and heavily corroded. It measures 28.7mm long, 12.4mm wide and 4.1mm thick. The weight is 4.32g.
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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