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Description: | Copper-alloy roman hair pin. The hair pin has a Globular head which is circular in section, benenth the head are two rounded molded collars. The shaft is intiallly rectangular section this is followed by three further flattened collars which leds to a rounded flattened sphere with a rounded hole in the centre of the sphere (this hole would have probably have had a wire through which was attached to the decorative pendant). Before the main shaft are three further grooves. The shaft is circular in section leading to a tapering point. The design and shortness of the hair pin would indicates it is probably 3rd - 4th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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