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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman pin dating to the period AD 100-200, c.f. Crummy p.30 (Metal Pins Type 5). The pin is broken and bent out of shape towards the point, missing its tip. It has also suffered damage at points along the shaft. Overall the pin is 51.10mm in length. It has a flattened spherical head with two circumferential grooves on the shaft below it. The head is 8.55mm in diameter and is 3.95mm in length. The shaft is 47.50mm in length, is circular in cross-section and tapers from a maximum diameter of 4.20mm (at the base of the head) to 2.35 mm at the break. The patina is dark brown in colour.
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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