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A copper-alloy casket key of Medieval date 1100-1400AD.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Noon, 2011-01-24 11:54:39
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A copper-alloy casket key of Medieval date 1100-1400AD.
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English: A copper-alloy casket key of Medieval date 1100-1400AD.

The slightly bow sub-circular in plan and also circular in section. The stem is flattened-oval in section and increases in height towards the distal end. The tip is hollow, while the bit, set at the base of the stem, takes the form of a capital letter 'I'.

The length is 30mm, width 9mm, thickness 2mm, and the weight is 6g.

Several examples of similar casket keys were found in excavations in Winchester (see Biddle 1990: 1024-1036), in layers dating from the 12th to 14th centuries.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 1100 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 425945
Old ref: LANCUM-D683B3
Filename: LANCUM-D683B3.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/313352
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/313352/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/425945
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