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Description: | Copper alloy key. Small solid cast rotary key, from its size probably for a casket. The key has a lozengiform or rhomboid bow with a probably drilled circular aperture and a plain collar separating it from a stem of lightly facetted hexagonal section, now smoothed by wear, and a rectangular bit which is stepped on its back edge with a cleft in the front. A tapered protruding spike forms the end of the stem. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.Length: 42.9mm, Height (bow): 12.4mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 3.47gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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