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Description: | Copper alloy pin dating to the Anglo-Scandinavian period. The pin has a flat lozenge-shaped head. The pin has three projecting knops on the three corners of the head and a small knop at either side of the base of the head forming a collar. The pin shaft is oval in section at the top and tapers to a circular sections tip at the end. The surface of the pin is well worn and slightly corroded so there is no trace of decoration although similar pins have shown incised rocker-arm tracery or ring and dot patterns. There are two similar parallels published from Fishergate in York dating to the 11th century (reference: 'Anglian and other finds from Fishergate' by N Rogers, Nos.5371 & 5372) and another example from a pit backfill can be seen in 'The Archaeology of York - The small finds' by Mainman and Rogers, No. 10473. This pin type is thought to have originated in Ireland.The pin weighs 13.46g and measures 117.1mm in length, 16.7mm in width (across head) and 4.4mm in thickness.
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