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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.
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