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LOT 0761
Roman Bronze Lock Bolt
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (19.3 grams, 60 mm).
The rectangular plate with differently sized horizontal and vertical extensions, five sub-square perforations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureSee Crummy, N., Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9, 1993, Colchester: Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd; cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. YORYM-4B1B73, for similar.
FootnotesThis bolt would originally have been associated with a tumbler mechanism; the matching teeth of a slide key would slide into the cut-outs of the bolt replacing the tumblers and allowing the bolt to be drawn.
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