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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy pin dating from the mid to late Early Medieval period. The head is polyhedral in the form of an elongated cube with the corners cut off. Each face is decorated with a slightly raised ring and dot motif with recessed dot. There is a decorative collar of two raised ridges with groove between, between the head and the shaft. The shaft, which is circular in section, has only a short section surviving amounting to approximately one quarter to one third of the overall length. It has a mid-green patina.Dated c.700-950.
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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