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Description: | A Roman copper alloy hair pin dating AD43-410. This hair pin has a biconcial head decorated with two circular grooves; one above and one below the midline and the space between these grooves is decorated with multiple transverse grooves. There isno collar at the junction between the head and the shaft. The shaft tapers to the point. The shaft has a circular cross-section. The shaft is bent at an acute angle approximately 27mm from the head; the tip of the pin is also slightly bent. The pin has a dark green, even patina that is abraded in places leaving a roughened dark green patina.This pin falls within Cool's Group 25 Hairpins with miscellaneous multiple grooved heads, similar examples are recorded on the PAS database e.g.SF-838447.Dimensions: approximate length: 90mm; diameter of head: 7.49mm; diameter of shaft at widest section: 2.93mm; weight: 3.88g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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