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Description: | An Early Medieval (AD c.700-900) copper alloy pin: The pin head is globular with a single collar beneath, from which the integral pin shaft protrudes. The shaft is incomplete and the terminal is broken, but not too recently. The shaft is bent at the mid point at approximately 130 ยบ. The pinhead has a well developed mid brown patina, and there are traces of this patina on the shaft, otherwise the shaft has a dark green patina. The pin measures 42.93mm long from the head to the shaft terminal, 9.61mm diameter across the head and weighs 4.36g.The pin dates to the Early Medieval period and Geake (pers comm) comments that this type of pin dates to the Middle Saxon period, AD c.700-900.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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