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Description: | A cast coppery alloy pin or stud. The pin head is bulbous and is moulded forming a quatrefoil in cross-section. Integral to the head and protruding from the lower edge is a shaft which is circular in section and is 3.2mm diameter. The terminal of the shaft is blunt and is uncertain whether it is complete or not. The surface of the pin has an incomplete mid green patina. The stud measures 36.8mm long, 9.78mm wide and 9.55mm thick. It weighs 5.5g. The object is possibly 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 Geake (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished) comments that some objects are pins but others could be described as studs as furniture fittings.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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