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Description: | Gilt copper alloy head from a linked pin set. The head is flat and circular and has a raised band set just inside the perimeter. This band is decorated with a series of dots spaced so that there are four in each quarter. The face of the pinhead has a central cross dividing it into quarters. Each quarter contains a chip carved interlace design, perhaps a triskele. The surface is very worn and most of the motifs are hard to determine. There is iron corrosion on the reverse at one end that represents the remains of an iron pin. This form of pin head is relatively well known; other examples in 'The Collection', Lincoln, come from Torsksey and Low Toynton. The most complete set known from Lincolnshire was found in the River Witham, Lincolnshire, and is now in the British Museum. Another similar example, although this time lozenge-shaped and silver, is on the PAS database at NMS-36EDD2.
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