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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy and gilded possible pin of uncertain date. The shaft of the pin is broadly rectangular in cross section and has been bent inwards in two places. The terminal of the pin is in the form of a zoomorphic head. The head depicts a rounded snout (3.55mm wide, 4.55mm high) with an open mouth, a raised transverse ridge which depicts the bow of the head (5.1mm wide), a vertical ridge at the back of the head probably the depiction of a mane (3.8mm in length and 2.1mm wide) and two large ears, one of which is damaged. Gilding is visible on the complete ear (4.3mm in length and 3.05mm wide).The pin has a mid green patina with patches of the mid brown metal visible where the patina is worn. The zoomorphic beast and mid brown metal suggests possibly an early-medieval date.The pin is 51.05mm in length and weighs 3.15 grams.
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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