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Description: | A pin cast in copper alloy of early-medieval date (mid Anglo-Saxon). The pin has a polyhedral head (13.05 x 9.5 x 7.8mm), formed from a cuboid with its corners cut off; the triangles and lozenges thus formed are not regular. The four lozengiform fields round the edges are decorated with four and three punched ring and dots, respectively on the larger and smaller faces. Each of the triangular faces feature a single punched ring and dot; the uppermost surface is completely plain.Directly below the head is a collar. The circular-sectioned shaft continues beyond this until it is broken after c. 19.65mm. The shaft has been slightly bent as a result of old damage, but shows no evidence of either swelling or deliberate bending. The artefact now has a dark green patina. It can be classified as a Type Bb2 pin and is comparable to pins classified as specifically Type Bb2ii in Hinton (1996, 22; fig. 9).
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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