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Description: | Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, possibly Early Medieval The pin is fragmentary and is broken along the shaft (with a surviving length of 44.8mm and a weight of 8.4g). The head is of flattened globular form (with a height of 9.9mm and a width of 11.6mm). The flattened top of the head is decorated with an incised cross. The sides have knurled decoration, comprising radiating curved groves. On the top of the shaft, beneath the head are three crude incised, decorative grooves. The shaft is of oval section (with maximum widths of 4.0mm x 4.6mm) with straight sides, converging slightly towards the break. The pin shaft curves to one side at the break, suggesting that it was bent prior to breaking. The surface has a pale to dark green patina.The pin can be paralleled with an example recovered from the excavations at Colchester (Crummy 1983, p 30, no. 499) of suggested Post-Roman date.
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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