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Description: | A copper alloy pin which probably dates from the Early Saxon period. It is 68.9mm long, 6.7mm wide and 4.3mm thick. Unusually, it is rectangular in section. The shaft is thicker in the middle. The head of the pin is broken but enough survives to show that it was flattened and expanded with a central circular hole. At the other end the shaft tapers to a point and bends slightly. The patina is also unusual for an early medieval object, being quite brassy, so it is possible that the object is much more recent. However, a Saxon date seems the most likely. A similar example, but with a circular sectioned shaft can be seen on page 137 of West??s ??A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk?? (1998). | 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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