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LOT 1969
Medieval Bronze Key
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (14.3 grams, 97 mm).
Push-key type comprising an oval looped bow with two pairs of lateral loops, lentoid-section shank with lateral casting seams, square bit with cruciform void, three of the four corners opened. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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, items 258, 2896, 6500, 6234, for type.
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