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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy pin of probable Roman date. The pin has a 'faceted' or 'polyhedral' head, a cuboid head with its corners cut off forming a diamond-shaped face on each side of the cube. The head has the following dimensions: 8.6mm x 8.4mm x 7.9mm. The shaft is of circular section. It swells from 3.6mm in diameter just below the head to a widest diameter of 4.9mm. It then tapers to a sharp point. The pin has been bent after c. 60mm at an angle 45 degrees. There is a terminal element 9.1mm long which is bent perpendicular to the shaft. It is impossible to assert whether this deformation was caused by old damage or was deliberately done at the time of use. An overall Roman date is suggested by the absence of a collar below the head (Geake 2001, 39) as well as contemporary material found nearby. Assuming that this is the case, Swift (2003, 39) states that pins with such heads were found from the mid 3rd century onwards. Following the posting of an article on the Portable Antiquities Scheme Fourm it is clear that there has been a large amount of historic confusion over artefacts with faceted heads, many of which have been shown to be post-medieval coat hooks (although the completeness of this find dispels any doubts as to its identification). For those interested the post, entitled 'Date please?', was made on 31/07/2005.
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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