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Description: | Gilded copper alloy pin with spherical head decorated with grooves radiating from two separate points (one at the top of the head and one to the side) and curving round the head and down to its base. Ridged collar at junction of the head and the circular sectioned shaft. Blue-green painta with reddish-coloured gilding retained in the grooves on the head; some pitting. Probably Early Medieval Anglo-Saxon 7th-9th century. Length 27.06mm, length of head 13.07mm, width of collar 1.5mm, diameter of head 12.3mm, diameter of shaft 2.9mm, weight 7.29g. | Subjects: | Anglo-Saxon | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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