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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy pin, Crummy Type 5, 2nd century. Slightly flattened spherical head (diameter 6.5mm, length 5mm) with a groove and collar (length 1mm) below; the shaft is of consistent diameter (3.9mm) for 26mm, then there is a collar (length 3mm, new diameter 4.9mm) which has a possible faint central groove, then the pin returns to its previous diameter and bends at &90deg; ; the shaft then gradually swells to 4.8mm, then narrows gradually to a point. The original surface is almost all gone, but mid green where it does survive; the exposed surface is patchy mid green and red-brown. Current length (as bent) 56.1mm, approx unbent length 85mm, length from head to lower edge of bend 40.1mm, weight 8.75gSimilar pins with groove/grooves below a flattened spherical head are published in Crummy "The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9" (1983, Colchester Archaeological Trust) p.30, Type 5, no.s 492-494, dated to the 2nd century.
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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