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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman pin with cylindrical head. The surviving length of the pin shank is 37.2mm long, 3.46mm wide at the top, tapering to 1.84mm. The pinhead is cylindrical and is 20.04mm long and 6.04mm wide. The top of the pin is plain and roughly flat. The face of the cylinder has two, horizontal incised lines, 9.7mm apart, between which is cross hatched decoration. Below this, towards the shank, are another pair of horizontal, incised lines, this time about 1mm apart. The object has an overall brown patina, including the break on the shaft, which is also worn smooth, suggesting the break occurred in antiquity. The object weighs 5.56 grammes. A direct parallel cannot be found for the pin, but it seems probable that it is a subtle variation on Cool?s group 23 pins (1991, Roman Metal Hair Pins from Southern Britain, Archaeological Journal 147, page 170). The pins in this group have a conical top to the cylinder, as opposed to this flat headed pin, but it is clearly akin to this design. Dating of these pins is defined by the length of the pin, and as this pin has an incomplete shank, it is not possible to date it anymore accurately. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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