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Description: | Possible copper alloy Roman lock pin. This object consists of a subrectangular shaft with a circular hole at one end, and an integrally moulded terminal in the shape of an acorn at the opposite end. It is 44.78mm long, of which the acorn is 15.38mm and 7.48mm wide at the broadest point. The shaft is 2.48mm thick, with the acorn terminal being 6.58mm thick and the object weighs 5.41g.It has an even green patina.No parallel can be found for a lock pin with this terminal, but examples of others can be found in Crummy, 1981, Roman Small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979, page 125.
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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