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Description: | A cast copper alloy pin head of Early-Medieval date. The pin head is sub-ovate in plan with rounded corners and tapers in width towards a circumferential collar from which the shaft would extend. The shaft has been lost to old breaks. The front face of the pin head is decorated with twelve ring and dot motifs distributed unevenly across the surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a rich green patina and is worn. The pin head is 21.1mm long, 11.9mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 1.1g.Several flat headed pins were found in York and are published on p.2578 of Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York by Mainman and Rogers. They date from the 9th or 10th century.
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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