Bidspirit auction | Medieval Inscribed Lock

Medieval Inscribed Lock - 12th-14th century AD A bronze padlock with rotating chambers in a frame with animal-head flange and loop, inscribed in seriffed capitals 'VICTVM VIVAS' (live defeated). 38 grams, 34mm (1 1/4”). Fair condition. Provenance Property of an Essex collector; acquired on the UK art market in the late 1990s.