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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: LEIC-3C5DC6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman? copper alloy key fragment, 43mm long, 27mm wide and 5mm thck with a weight of 15.42grams.
The object has a sub-circular form and rectangular section. It begins with a rectangular shaped terminal which is missing one surface. It has two incised lines running horizontally across its surface, close to where it joins the main object. These are interupted by a circular rivet? hole. On the surviving long side the object has a patch of silvering? Below this the object consists of an open circle which has a S shaped linear motif in its centre, all of which has a rectangular section. Below this, and opposite the rectangular terminal, is a sub-oval section with two circular holes aligned horizontally, filling most of its surface. Next to this, centrally placed are the remains of a further circular open loop which has broken off.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 15.42 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: Nr Loughborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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