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Description: | Copper alloy pin. Cast pin with a collared globular head bearing apparently wrythen-type decoration, and a tapered shank of unvaried round section with its tip lost at a kink. The object resembles Flixborough Type 131, though the indentations in the globular head are here vertical rather than spiral, and the wide range of Roman pins includes those with grooved spherical heads. The finish and patina of the object may argue it had enjoyed a significant period of use. The accompanying material, in which corroded late Roman coins are common and Early Medieval material rare, may leave a broad Roman to Middle Saxon date the most prudent to advance, though some workers have noted the frequent Middle Saxon reoccupation of Roman sites. Suggested date: Unknown, Late Roman to Early Medieval, 200-850.Length: 55.8mm, Diameter (head): 7.1mm, Weight: 3.98gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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