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Description: | Middle Saxon silver pin with polyhedral head in the form of a cube with the corners cut off creating triangular and lozengiform facets. The triangular facets are plain, but the lozengiform facets decorated. The upper and one side facet are engraved with a lozengiform border with a straight line emanating inwards from the centre of each side creating a lozengiform quatrefoil, the remaining sides with a lozengiform border with straight lines emanating inwards from each corner, a lozengiform border divided into four by a saltire, and a lozengiform border filled by off-set oblique hatching producing a 'brickwork' pattern. The engraved lines may originally have held niello, but none now survives. The incomplete circular-sectioned shank with doubled moulded collar emanates from the lower facet.There are multiple examples of Middle Saxon pins with polyhedral heads and collars in copper alloy and some in silver. A particularly similar example to this one was recorded from 'Near Woodbridge', Suffolk (SF-E0A036). 8th - 9th century.Head height 7mm, width 6.5 x 7mm. Total surviving length 20mm. Diameter of shank at break 2mm. Weight 2.5g.
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