Record ID: LIN-0187A0 - EARLY MEDIEVAL pin

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Unique ID: LIN-0187A0

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Early-medieval copper alloy pin

A middle-late early-medieval copper-alloy pin. The head is sub-oval or 'racquet-shaped' though there is damage at the top. Both sides are decorated with three ring and dot motifs with the central dot being an openwork hole. There is no collar below the head. The shank is circular in cross-section and tapers to the break.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900

Dimensions and weight

Length: 53 mm
Width: 12 mm
Diameter: 1.5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: near Louth

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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