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Description: | A group of three bone Pins of Roman date (AD 200-410). The first pin is a Crummy Type 3. The head is spherical and the shank is circular in section and flares out halfway down its length and tapers back into a point. The material is dark brown in colour with a smooth polished patina.Length: 80.14mm, Diameter head: 5.49mm, Diameter shank: 4.11mm Weight: 1.8g.The second pin is also a Crummy Type three but has a globular head and the shank is circular in section and flares out halfway down its length and tapers back into a point. The material is light brown with darker brown, possibly indication surface abrasion and the loss of the objects original colour.Length: 69.84mm, Diameter head: 8.23mm, Diameter shank: 3.39mm, Weight: 1.4g.The third pin is missing its head and a portion of the shaft. The exact type therefore cannot be determined. The retained shaft is circular in section and flares slightly out halfway down its length and tapers back into a point. The material is light brown in colour and heavily abraded.Length: 61.66mm, Diameter shank: 3.36mm, Weight: 0.7g.Crummy 1983; 21 - 22.
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