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Description: | A probable cast copper alloy hair pin (length: 13.1mm; diameter: 12mm; weight: approximately 6.80g as there is also blue tack attached to the bottom). A slightly conical or acorn-shaped head with four incised lines running to the sides. The pin head has a rounded top at one end but becomes narrow at the base where the main pin shank would have been. This artefact is in a slightly worn but fair condition.Of probable Roman date, this pin head is similar to others illustrated in Nina Crummy's 'Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9', 1983, pages 28-31. Most examples in Crummy's report date to the 2nd century AD, but a wider date range should introduced for this artefact.
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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