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Description: | Cast copper alloy key handle dating from the Roman period, that is c. AD43-410. Only the key handle survive but not the shank which was in all probability made from iron and has corroded away. The handle is quatrefoil-shaped with only decorated with moulded openwork decoration. The decoration consists of four circular mouldings that meet on a small rectangular, vertical bar in the centre. There is a crescent-shaped hollow at the bottom where the handle would have been attached to the iron shank.
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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