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Sulla Felix -
Looks like Keychains are much older than we'd like to think!
I like the gladiator knives - I can only imagine the possibility they could have been sold in the corner shop of the colsseum as "trinkets" or whatnot.
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Yes indeed Dominicus, and here is another example with the remains of a fastening device (no provenance on this one unfortunately):
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I would imagine a chain would be a useful method of fastening in liu of pockets.
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