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Description: | The head and a short section of the shaft from a cast copper alloy pin probably of Roman date, AD200 - 410. The head is polyhedral in form. The remains of a circular shaft protrudes from one of the lozenge shaped faces; the remainder of the shaft and the point have broken away and are missing.Polyhedral pins are dated to both to the Roman and Early Medieval periods but the absence of a collar beneath the head suggests that this example is probably Roman. Similar pins are illustrated in Crummy, 1981, The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, page 29. These are dated to AD250 or later. Similar pins may also be found on the database, see for example reference IOW-C79E47. The length is 19mm, the width is 11mm and the weight 5.70g. Similar to DUR-47B6E1, IOW-0FBB02 and SWYOR-8D2FC3.
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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