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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy pin of Anglo-Saxon date. It has a biconical head that is flattened around its circumference and with a slight projecting knop at the centre of the upper edge. Extending from the base of the head is an integrally cast shaft that is cylindrical in form, possibly with a slight collar beneath the head, and terminates in old breaks. The entire object is worn with a green patina that shows signs of post-depositional corrosion. It measures 34.85mm in length, 7.23mm in diameter at head, 1.65mm in diameter at shaft, and weighs 1.72g.This pin finds parallels in examples from Suffolk (e.g. West, 1998: nos. 96.8-9; SF-78B632, SF-729BE5, SF-44AF71 or SF-342A02). It is likely to be of Middle Anglo-Saxon date, c.700-850 AD.
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