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Description: | A cast coppery alloy stud or pin. The stud head is bulbous with six asymmetrical faces which have rounded edges. At the apex of the head there is an integral smaller knop. Integral to the head and protruding from the lower edge is a shaft which is sub-rectangular in section. The terminal of the shaft is blunt and is uncertain whether it is complete or not. Between the shaft and the head there is a slightly collar. The surface of the stud has an incomplete well developed mid green patina. The stud measures 28.43mm long, 11.09mm wide and 9.9mm thick. It weighs 6g. The first consideration is that the object is a pin, but the shaft appears to be too thick. Geake (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished) comments that some objects are pins but others could be described as studs as furniture fittings. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust) illustrates similar studs, for example No. 2995 and 3002 which are similar studs dating to the Roman period, dating between 60-400 AD.
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