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Description: | Early Medieval (Middle Saxon AD750-820) cast copper alloy pin. The head is polyhedral i.e. cuboid with the coins cut off, thereby creating thirteen visible faces. The head is decorated; each of the smaller faces having one ring-and-dot motif. The two larger faces each have four ring-and-dot motifs. The head is separated from the stem by a moulded collar, a characteristic feature on Middle Saxon pins. The incomplete shaft is circular in section. The pin has a length of 33mm, the head has a width of 9.5mm, the stem a diameter of 2mm. The weight is 2.45g.
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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