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Description: | A broken and incomplete cast copper-alloy pin of uncertain date. The pin is broken at both ends and has been bent into an elongated S shape. At what remains of the head is a flattened, expanded loop now broken through. It measures 4.5mm by 3.5mm. There is no obvious collar below. The shaft is circular in cross-section and 2.4mm in diameter below the head. Over a length of 18.1mm the shaft is straight, before bending though approximately 20 degrees. Beyond the bend the shaft continues for c. 10.6mm before bending parallel to the upper section. The final section of the shaft is c. 5.75mm long at which point the pin terminates in an old break. The terminal has been bent down slightly. It has a dark-green patina with some pitting showing through some red-brown metal. Pins with expanded, flattened and perforated heads are known from the early-medieval period, which may also be implied by finds made in the vicinity (see for example MacGregor and Bolick 1993, 186).
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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