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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy rotary key of medieval date. The key is large with a hollow, oval-sectioned stem terminating to a worn bulbous collar leading to the bow. Roughly one third of the bow remains which would have been quatrefoil in plan. The opposite end has a worn break where the projecting tip would have extended. The bit projects from the stem at a 90 degree angle and comprises of a rectangular panel from which three wards and two clefts project.The metal has a mid-brown green patina. The key is 83.99mm in length, 25.51mm wide, 8.12mm thick and weighs 32.15mm.
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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