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Description: | A cast copper alloy pin head of probable Roman date. The fragment comprises the faceted cuboid-shaped head and the stub of the shaft. It measures 10.7m by 7.6mm by 7.3mm and weighs 2.6g. The head has thirteen facets: four lozenge-shaped sides and a lozenge-shaped top, with smaller triangular facets in between. The pinhead is very worn and has no discernible decoration. Its lack of collar makes it more likely to be Roman in date rather than Middle Saxon. A similar but more complete pin can be seen in Crummy's 'The Roman small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9' (1983, p. 29, no. 487). All six pins with faceted cuboid-shaped heads found at Colchester were discovered in contexts dating from later than AD250. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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