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Description: | Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy bi-conical (globular) faceted pin with faceted medial band of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (700-900 AD). The pin measures 22.3mm length, 12mm wide and 12.5mm thick. It weighs 8.06 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The head of the pin is faceted being broadly sub-spherical in shape. The upper part of the head has five angular facets which are irregular triangles in shape. These are decorated with three cast recessed hollows arranged in a triangle which respects the shape of the facet. These five facets form the upper domed part of the pin. They extend into the sides which are relatively vertical and formed from eleven irregular sub-rectangular panels. Each of these similarly decorated with two vertically aligned recesses which are irregular in nature. The sides extend into a similarly shaped conical faceted base each facet (eight) is decorated with single recessed hollows. The base of the pin extends into the shank. At this junction point a circumferential collar protrudes. The collar is worn and slightly faceted; it seems not to be decorated. The collar measures 3mm diameter and 2.8mm wide. The shaft of the pin tapers from the collar to a relatively sharp broken edge. The shaft is sub-oval in cross section and undecorated. The shaft measures 8.4mm to the broken edge and has a maximum diameter of 1.8mm. The pin is a mid-dark greenish brown colour with an even but slightly abraded patina that covers all surfaces. The damage through abrasion has affected all parts of the pin reviling a mid brown / orange coloured metal. A direct parallel has not been found but the overall design and style can be seen to be similar to a number of examples on the PAS database.
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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