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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy pin, Cool Type 10 sub-group A. It has a bi-conical head, which has a slightly raised central apex on the upper part and four incised grooves on the lower part. There are also at least two short grooves at the base of the apex. The pin is 50.16mm long and weighs 1.63g and the shaft is 2.55-2.65mm in diameter. The shaft and head are mottled cream/dark grey, with a chalky/powdery feel. At the break on the shaft there is a very narrow copper alloy core 1mm in diameter and pale green staining at the break. See Cool, 1991, Roman metal hair pins from Southern Britain, The Archaeological Journal, volume 147, page 161, figure 7. | 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 | Temporal: | 125 | 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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