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Description: | An incomplete worn copper-alloy pin. This pin is square in cross-section, although it has rounded corners, and measures 50.5mm in surviving length and 3.2mm in width, at its widest point, it is tapering towards its missing tip. The head of the pin is the same width as the shaft but is decorated with three circumferencial grooves and a rounded tip. Patches of active corrosion can be seen on the pin. Similar pins have been discovered at Hatcheston, Suffolk and are Roman in date, they are believed to be hair pins. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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