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Description: | Lead alloy (pewter) head probably from a Medieval pin of composite construction with an iron shaft. The head is a open circle with an equal armed cross in the centre. Both faces of the circle are decorated with regularly spaced raised transverse lines and there are probably similar raised transvers and longitudinal lines on the cross arms, now unclear. there is a large pellet in the centre of the cross on both faces. One arm of the cross is extended to form the broken socket. This arm is thickened towards the socket and has a raised collar where it meets the circle. The socket is now worn and broken but appears to have just held the pin in place, it is possible the head was cast around the shaft. The stub of the iron shaft of the pin remains in the socket, the shaft is probably circular in section althoguh too little remains to be sure. Staining on the thickened arm of the cross suggests it runs up through the cross arm to just above the centre. A raised casting seam runs around the outer edge of the head and down one side of the socket. The head is 17.0mm in diameter, 20.3mm long including the socket, 4.6mm thick and weighs 2.24 grams.The pin head is very similar to Egan and Pritchard (1991:299-300) no. 1470 from a late 12th century context in London, although that example has a head of Jesus imposed on the central cross and decoration only on one face. The London example and SWYOR-D15487 on this database had brass shafts but an iron shaft is proposed for SWYOR-DBC556 on this database. It is likely this example is of similar date to that from London.
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