Late Roman Bronze Ornate Key with Beast Heads

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/2 in. (17.6 grams, 63 mm).

Comprising: broad bow with punched serpent detail to both faces and smaller loop above; balustered shank with hollow forward end flanked by spurs.

Provenance

Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Literature

Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no. 06.176.89.

CONDITION

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