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Description: | An incomplete silver pin of Roman date. The head of the pin is a flattened sphere (bun-shaped), diameter 5.70mm and thickness 3.21mm, with a collar below of 5.43mm diameter and thickness 0.94mm. The shank, now bent and of incomplete length has a circular cross-section of 2.59mm diameter. The pin has an incomplete weight of 2.61g and length of c.45.0mm.See P.A.S. record ESS-BEDCF5 2010T756 & P.A.S. record YORYM-C73C95.Pin's of this form have been found in Roman contexts from the 1st to 4th century AD - for more information see Cool, H.E.M. 1991. Roman Metal Hair Pins from Southern Britain, The Archaeological Journal ,147, p154.The object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old. Consequently it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.
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