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Description: | Part of a copper alloy probable Iron Age ring-headed pin dating from about 800 BC - AD 42. The artefact is probably part of the decorative head of a ring-headed pin, but no parallel for one of this design has been identifed.The object consists of two circular, shallow concave discs connected at the apexes by an integral sub-rectangular sectioned arch of copper alloy. One disc is slightly larger than the other (12.3mm and 10.8mm in diameter). They may have contained some other material, such as coral or enamel, though no trace of such material remains. A further short, rectangular protrusion, now broken, projects from the reverse of one disc, suggesting that the pin shaft continued here. There is no surface decoration. The object is 32.1mm long, 12.3mm wide and 15.6mm thick. It weighs 5gm. The metal has a smooth light green patina which is well developed.If it is a ring-headed pin, it is similar in design to the pin from Beaghmore in Ireland (Raftery 1983, 1083, fig. 139, no 428, cited in Becker, 2008). However, there, 4 dishes at a time are joined in cruciform arrangements, and it has a finer finish. Nonethless, unique designs of ring-headed pins are known, and the style does appear to be Iron Age.
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