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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy polyhedral-headed pin of probable Roman date (AD 43 - AD 410). Length 23.0mm, maximum width 11.0mm. Weight 6.56g.The pin head is almost cube-shaped and has the corners cut off to form fourteen faces. The head has a length of 10.3mm and a maximum width of 11.0mm. Each face is plain. The stout solid shaft is circular in cross-section and has a diameter of 3.6mm. The shaft is bent at an angle of about 90° to the perpendicular. The break is old.The piece is corroded but in a stable condition and a patchy mid-green patina survives on the head and the shaft.
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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