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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Medieval pin dating from the middle Saxon period (about AD 700-900). The pin head is polyhedral (cuboid, with the corners cut off, so having 14 faces) and is decorated with a ring-and-dot motifs on each face There are four ring and dots on each of the two largest faces, none on the lozenge shaped top face, and one motif on each remaining face. The pin shaft is circular in cross section and has a collar immediately below the head. The shaft of the pin is bent and at this point has split. It also swells from the collar to the split. One half of the lower shaft is missing from the split, so the break has a characteristic L shape. It has a light-medium green patina. Polyhedral pins such as this date to the 8th or 9th century. Further examples may be found on the PAS database at record IDs: LIN-5C5653, YORYM-1FA852, YORYM-F67E40 and SWYOR-27DA11. It is 27.51mm in length 9.30mm in width 6.55 in thickness and weights 3.83g.
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