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Description: | Silver gilt ball headed pin. Decorated with filigree wire consisting of three double ended opposed spirals on the upper half, a median line of filigree covering the join between the upper and lower half and three double ended opposed spirals on the lower half. The base of the silver pin shaft is surrounded by a circle of twisted applied wire. There were originally six groups of three granules on either side of the median line of wire between the loops of the spirals and further granules around the pin shaft on the base most of which are now missing. There may have been granules on the top of the pin, none of which now survive. Part of the median line of wire is missing revealing the seam where the two hollow halves are soldered together, the side cracked, and a crack or hole in the top of the head shows that it has been filled with a white substance, possibly lead. Only a very short section of the silver shank survives, with a worn, ancient break. Cf. Similar examples in silver and gold in the Treasure Annual Report 2004, 265, fig.121 and 124. Middle - Late Saxon. Length (excluding shank) 13.5mm, length (including shank) 16mm.
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