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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman pin in very good condition. Measuring 47.3mm in total surviving length. The head of this pin 18.7mm in total length and 6.1mm in width, at its widest point. The head has a small biconical knop above an oval shaped knob, with a curved unit beneath it, there is then another smaller oval shaped knob with a circumferencial moulding below it. The shaft is circular in cross-section and measures 29.4mm in surviving length and 2.6mm in width. Similar pins have been found in London, Leicester and Dorchester and are believed to have been in use and production throughout the Roman period, they are classified as Cools' Group 3 sub-group B (Cool 1990, 153-154, fig 2).
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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