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LOT 0756
Large Romano-British Bronze Door Key
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 5/8 in. (106 grams, 14.2 cm).
With slender barrel, pierced bulb handle, square ward with four piercings and two bits to the forward edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Yorkshire, UK, circa 2005.
Acquired in the UK circa 2008.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Pall, M., Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, item 4576, for type.
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