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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy pin of possible early Medieval date. The head is polyhedral in shape consisting of a cube or cuboid with the corners cut off to create a polyhedral head with thirteen faces. There does not appear to be any decoration on the head. Beneath the head is a small collar followed by the shaft of the pin. The shaft is circular in section and tapers towards a now incomplete terminal end. The pin measures 35.78mm in length, 6.24mm in width and 5.05mm in thickness at the head end, and weighs 1.68g. Decorated parallels to this example in terms of size and shape can be noted on the PAS database from Suffolk (SF-45AD35), Cambridgeshire (CAM-26B381) and Yorkshire (YORYM-C0C841), all of which are dated to the Middle to Late Saxon period (c.8th-10th centuries AD). It is possible that this pin is of a similar date, although a slightly earlier or later date cannot be ruled out.
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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