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Romano-British Key Ring with Saltire Cross Romano-British Key Ring with Saltire Cross Romano-British Key Ring with Saltire Cross
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LOT 0736

Romano-British Key Ring with Saltire Cross

4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (5.98 grams, 25.50 mm overall, 21.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).

Comprising a large D-section hoop with 'faux twist' decoration and a rectangular panel at the base, rectangular section bezel with linear decoration expanding to an openwork shank with saltire cross. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Ragby, Lincolnshire, UK
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar example with tetragammata crux in PAS KENT-FEA94D, Guiraud type 5e.

Footnotes

Rotary type ring-keys are recorded from excavations in Colchester and associated with small boxes and caskets of personal possessions, rather than doors or cupboards.

CONDITION
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LOT 0736

Romano-British Key Ring with Saltire Cross

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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