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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-5398D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy pin fragment. Cast spherical pin head with five sub-spherical knops: four are equidistantly spaced around its centre line and are of diameter c.4.5mm, the fifth, which is slightly larger, of diameter 5.2mm, is on top, opposite where the shank (now lost) joined the pin head. The stub of the shank indicates a diameter for it of 2.2mm at its top. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850.
Length: 17.4mm, Diameter (overall): 18.8mm, Weight: 7.97gms.
Class: Head
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.4 mm
Weight: 7.97 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24978a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: North Lincolnshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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