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Description: | A cast copper-alloy rotary or casket key of probable Medieval date. It has a flattened bow that is oval in form with slightly faceted edges and a central oval aperture that has signs of use-wear at its outer/upper edge. The stem is oval shaped in section, solid, with a moulded collar at the bow end and a tapering sharp point at the bit end. It has an integrally cast rectangular bit that is positioned in line with the stem and has two small rectangular clefts at its outer edge and a single small rectangular cleft at its inner edge. The entire object measures 45.21mm in length, 21.22mm in height, 3.23mm in thickness, and weighs 5.04g. It is of Medieval date, probably dating to the 13th-15th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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