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Description: | Head and part of shaft from a pin of Cool's type 18, probably made from jet. The head is in the shape of a human head, roughly triangular in cross-section with a broad back to the head and a sharply pointed nose and chin. The chin is jutting, with a straight groove above for the mouth; a ridge above forms the upper lip, and above this is a short but prominent vertical 'Roman' nose. A solid brow ridge runs from the nose to the hair. Above is a quiff-like hairstyle which curves down the back of the pinhead. The hair is decorated with oblique grooves either side of a central vertical groove. The central groove is paralleled in Cool, 1990, Roman metal hairpins from southern Britain, The Archaeological Journal, fig. 10, number 11, which was found in Cirencester. The shaft is circular in cross-section, 3.5 mm in diameter. The total surviving length is 35 mm. The object weighs 1.38g. The fragment is a very dark brown, surprisingly light, and warm to the touch. c43-410AD
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