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Description: | Incomplete cast and incised copper alloy bi-conical (globular) pin of probable middle Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date (650-900 AD). The pin is incomplete being broken beneath the pin head. It measures 12.9mm length, 10.7mm wide and 10.3mm thick across the head. It weighs 4.28 grams. The pin can be divided into three parts; the head, the collar, and the shank. The collar and shank are missing / lost. The head of the pin is faceted and broadly bi-conical in shape. The top of the pin head is relatively flat with a single cast ring and dot motif centrally positioned enclosed within a square shaped panel. Beneath the head there are six distinct faceted sides, each plough damaged but decorated with single ring and dot motifs. These six panels descend and join with a central medial band which is similarly faceted and decorated. Beneath this band are four facets which taper to a slender point from which the shank would extend. This point is much abraded and irregular and no remnant of the collar is present. The shank at this point is 2.8mm in diameter and is oval in section. This suggests that the break is relatively old.The pin is a mid green colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. The damage through abrasion has affected all parts of the pin and light green corrosion product is present on these surfaces. A direct parallel has not been found but the overall design and style can be seen to be similar to a number of examples on the PAS database. These are broadly dated to the late 7th - 9th centuries AD. Similar pins have been excavated from Hamwic (Southampton) and published by Hinton (1996). He classifies this style of pin as being Class Ac - spherical headed pins with ring and dot decoration; which he remarks is the most common style of pin from the excavations (p20)
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