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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin of Roman date that is missing much of the shaft due to old breaks. The shaft is oval shaped in section and expands slightly toward the moulded head. The base of the head is oval shaped in section with three moulded transverse ridges. Above the ridges it constricts before expanding again to a transverse square collar. Above the collar the terminal end of the head has a square base before the sides taper towards a point to create a pyramindal form. The entire object measures 49.41mm in length, 6.12mm in length and 5.12mm in width at head, and weighs 3.73g. This pin finds parallels in Cool's group 3 hairpins (Cool, 1990: p. 154), as well as an example from Roman Colchester (Crummy, 1983: no. 474). These suggest a possible date in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD for the current example.
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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