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Description: | The head and part of the shaft of a pin which is probably Early Medieval. The pin has a globular head with a faint ring around a central raised dot opposite the shaft. There is a rounded collar under the head and the shaft is circular in section, with a diameter of 3.8mm, and tapers towards the break, which is not recent.
The pin is 27.3mm long and the head is 10mm in diameter. It is in generally good condition with a smooth turquoise patina, some powdery light brown corrosion and one small area of bright green corrosion.
Pins can be very difficult to date, with Roman and Early Medieval examples looking very similar. Parallels for this pin have been found among both Roman and Early Medieval material (Bishop 1996, page 23-25, and West 1998, page 214) but the collar suggests that this is probably an example from the middle of the Early Medieval period, from the 8th or 9th century (Geake 2001). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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