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Description: | A cast copper alloy pin dating to the Roman period, (AD 43-410). The object can be classified as Cool's group 1, sub group C. It has a spherical head which measures 10.15mm in diameter. The shank is circular in cross-section and measures 3.37mm in diameter. The shank is incomplete breaking 6.21mm below the head. The shank is slightly bent but does not taper. The object has a dark brown patina and has patches of light green corrosion on the head.Cool notes pins of sub group C are found widely scattered throughout southern Britain and were used throughout the Roman period, (1990), p151.
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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