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Description: | Complete copper alloy pin. This pin is 88.72mm long and weighs 4.84 grammes.The head of the pin is conical, and thus circular in plan and triangular in section, with a diameter of 8.46mm and a height of 6.76mm. The shank of the pin tapers to a fine point, but about 15mm from the bottom of the head it is ??swollen?? for an approximate length of 13mm, before resuming to its previous width which then continues to taper. Pins of such a simple design are often hard to date, but given the conical head, it is tentatively given a Roman date. A similar pin, without the swelling, can be found in Cool, 1990, "Roman metal hairpins from Southern Britain", The Archaeological Journal 147, page 152, figure 1, number 2. Additionally it does not seem to have a close medieval parallel, which might support the Roman date. The pin is in good condition with an even brown patina. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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