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Description: | A worn Roman cast copper-alloy pin with a multiple block head dating from the 2nd century AD. The head has a central rectangular block, 6.1mm in length and 3.7mm wide. This block is decorated on all faces with a central punched ring-and-dot motif. Both above and below are much smaller cordons divided from the central block by grooves. Above the upper block is a continuation of the shaft; the finial has been broken off through old damage. The shaft is circular in cross-section and 2.8mm in diameter at the top. The pin is slightly pitted and is bent. It is best classified as an example of Cool?s (1990, 160) type 11, specifically a sub-group A example as the central block is the widest of the three. The pin is 102.8mm long and weighs 3.4g | 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: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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