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Description: | A medieval copper-alloy pin from an annular buckle of Margeson??s disc on tongue (or pin) type. Consisting of an integrally cast rounded sub-lozengiform plate occupying the majority of the central section of the pin, the front face of which has a border groove. The plates front face has two opposing pairs of semi-circular recesses and traces of gilding. Projecting from one end of the plate is a loop and from the other a tapering shank. The plate measures 17.2mm in length and 16mm in width, the hook measures 5mm in length and 2mm in width.
It is uncertain how these enigmatic objects would have functioned as pins. Other examples include two from Norfolk, see NMS-892006, from Bracon Ash and NMS-CD35B2, from Hoe, there is also one illustrated in Middle Harling, Norfolk (miss-identified as a hooked tag) (EAA 74 fig.39, no.490). Suffolk examples include SF-99DC91, from Wattisham, SF-A79EA4, from Great Barton and SF-7EC955, from Waldringfield. | Subjects: | Margeson??s ??disc on tongue (or pin)?? type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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