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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman pin of Crummy type 5. The pinhead has a flattened spherical head, which is 3.14mm in diameter. There are two faint grooves beneath the head. The shaft is circular in section and does not taper. Oddly, in places the shaft is missing its outer surface, exposing a much thinner 'inner core', giving the shaft a 'wasted' appearance. This has also occurred at the break edge on the shaft exposing the narrow 'inner core' which forms the end of the remaining length. Some of the original surface survives with a mid green patina, but otherwise has patches of lighter green. The pin has an overall length of 20.1mm, of which 2.54mm is the head. It has a diameter of 1.2mm and weighs 0.22g. Pins of this ttype date to the 2nd century. See Crummy, 1983, figure 30 for examples.
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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