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Description: | Middle to Late Early Medieval copper alloy pin with faceted head - a cube with the corners cut off, creating 13 faces. Four of these - those original faces facing at 90?? to the shaft - are decorated with a single ring-and-dot at the centre.
The head measures 9.4x9.6x9.2mm.
The shaft is circular in section below the head (4.4mm diameter), becoming slightly faceted towards the point (1mm diameter). It is 43mm in length and decorated below the head with two groups of grooved rings. The first group, directly below the head, has four grooved rings. The one closest to the head creates a collar slightly wider than the ribs which result from the grooved lines.
Below a narrowing of the shaft (from 4mm to 3.4mm diameter) are another 5 grooved rings (3.7mm diameter below the narrowing).
The pin is 52.2mm in length and weighs 7.2g.
8th/ 9th century in date.
For similar circumferential grooves cf. McGregor and Bollick 1993 p.186 nos.31.1 to 31.4. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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