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Description: | An incomplete Iron Age (500-200 BC) cast copper alloy pin, bent and missing part of the shank. It measures 40.79mm in length (unbent but incomplete length c.53mm) and weighs 4.07g.The head is disc-shaped (10.50mm diameter and 3.54mm high) with a central nipple (3.5mm diameter) projecting c.6mm. The area surrounding is slightly sunken.The shaft is circular in cross section and tapers to the break point (from 3.80mmto 2.67mm). The break is ancient. Cf. DOR-B177D4 which Dr Kevin Leahy has dated to 500-200 BC.
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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