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Description: | Copper-alloy faceted polyhedral-headed pin of middle Anglo-Saxon date. The head is a flat cuboid with the corners cut off. Each main face is decorated with four symmetrically arranged ring-and-dot punches (LIN1060/1060E). The top of the head has one centrally punched ring-and-dot motif, with one on each faceted corner below (LIN1060C). Both sides have one centrally placed ring-and-dot motif, with two on each faceted corner below (LIN1060B/1060D). The shaft has a collar at the top and is now broken.A similar pin head was found in a context in London dated to the late 8th to mid 9th centuries AD (Cowie and Blackmore 2012, no. S306 from site F, fig. 135 on p.195, fig. 161 on p. 280, Table 56 on p. 278 and see Table 4 on p. 14 for dating).
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