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Description: | A cast copper alloy pin head of 8th century date. The pin is incomplete with only the head and the top of the shaft remaining. The head is of a cruciform shape in plan and rectangular in section.The face of the head is decorated, an outer band of 1.36mm seperates the decoration from the edges. The inside of the cross is decorated with punched lozenges, that form sunken pyramids seperated by raised diagonal lines. The ends of each arm end in two projecting triangles. The cells contain gilding. The base of the head is seperated from the shaft by a rectangular collar that is 7.17mm in breadth, which is not as wide as the arm. An incised line seperates the base of the arm from the collar; it also retains gilding. The reverse of the head is undecorated. 10.15mm of the shaft remains. It starts of rectangular in shape, transitioning to circular. The abraided break and slight bend suggests that it snapped in antiquity. Similar to (Leahy 2007: 145, no. 51.7)
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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