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PIN
Unique ID: SF-12BFC3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy wire pin of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has a cylindrical shaft that has been bent at its mid point to an angle of 45 degrees, and has a sharp tapering point. The head is integrally cast, globular in form, oval sectioned and seemingly undecorated. The entire object measures 30.02mm in length (bent), 1.30mm in diameter at shaft, 3.48mm in diameter at head, and 0.57g in weight. This pin is similar to examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: pp. 297-304) and Norwich (Margeson, 1993: nos. 46, 48) and probably dates to the later Medieval to Post-Medieval periods, c.14th-17th centuries, if not later.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.02 mm
Weight: 0.57 g
Diameter: 1.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Alderton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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