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Description: | A cast copper alloy pin. The pin is probably incomplete as the shank is quite short, 16.3mm long. It is circular sectioned and tapers to a blunt point. The shank terminal is slightly uneven due to a break, but the patina continues over this terminal suggesting that is the shank is broken, it was broken in antiquity. The pin head is bulbous. It is circular in section, with a slightly conical shaped underside. The surface of the pin has a mid green patina over most of the surface. It measures 25.05mm long, and 8.07mm diameter, weighing 2.3g. The pin is difficult to date. Cool (Cool, H. 1990 'Roman Metal Hair Pins from Southern Britain' Archaeological Journal Vol. 147 p. 148-182) illustrates pins with similar shaped heads, for example No. 4 and 5 which are classed as 'Knob Heads' dating to the 1st and 2nd centuries. However, Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 East Anglian Archaeology Report) illustrates similar pins, Nos. 30 and 38 which could date to the later Medieval to early Post Medieval periods.
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