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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman pin dating from the late first or early second century. The head is in the form of an open, human hand with the fingers held together and the thumb extended and curved upwards to give a deep, U-shaped groove. It fits into Cool's Metal Hair Pin typology in Group 7: Human Hand Heads. These are found across the Empire. The hand usually holds a sub-spherical object, variously identified as an egg, pomegranate or apple, but in this example, the spherical object is missing. The fingers are not well defined; this part of the head is largely flat. This may suggest that it belongs in sub group A. The head is separated from the shaft by a narrow, circular collar. The shaft tapers slightly to a point; this has broken off in antiquity and is missing. As is often the case with these pins, the shaft is bent. The pin has a patchy, dark green patina. It is 74.7mm long, 9.9mm wide and 7.6mm thick. It weighs 5.04gm.See also a similar pin at database record SF-487A27.
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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