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Description: | TREASURE CASE 2012 T590: Description: Incomplete silver sub-spherical headed pin of possible 17th Century date. The head appears to be solid with the whole item having being cast in one piece. The pin is of plain design with an incomplete circular-sectioned shaft which tapers down towards the tip; the lower half of the pin shaft, including the tip is now missing. The head is globular in form and sub-square around its hemisphere with two flattened edges and two rounded edges. The lower half of the head is sub-pyramidal in form whilst the upper half is rounded.Dimensions: Length 18.64; Head 6.72mm x 5.77mm 7.8mm; Height of Head 5.23mm; Weight 1.2 gDiscussion: No good parallel established.As this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal, and therefore should be considered Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996.Author: C. Burrill (FLO Derbys & Notts)Date: February 2013
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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