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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy key, dating 150 - 410 AD. The key is incomplete with only the openwork trilobate or 'fleur de lys' handle surviving. On top of the central lobe is an integral globular knop. The openwork lobes are situated on top of a double rectangular collar. There is a worn break at the base of the collar, where the shank would have been located. This area is covered with iron staining, suggesting that, as with more complete parallels the shank and bit would have been formed of iron. The object has an overall length of 40.4mm, is 27.3mm wide, 6.8mm thick and weighs 13.84 grams. A similar example can be seen in Crummy (1983), figure 142, number 4161.
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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