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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy pin. The pin has a globular head on a spool. The shaft is circular in section and is broken shortly below.This pin belongs to Crummy's (1983, 28) Type 2 ('pins with heads of bead, reel and spool motifs surmounted by a flattened sphere'), which are of early 2nd century to 3rd century date. She illustrates several similar example from excavations in Colchester (ibid., 29, fig.27), although the form is highly variable and rarely are two of the same design found.Weight 1.55g, Total length of pin fragment 31.88mm, Length of pin head section 13.22mm, Length of pin body section 18.66mm, Width of head 6.56mm, Width of decoration loop section of head 5.28mm, Widest diameter of pin body 2.62mm, Narrowest diameter of pin body 1.63mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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