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PIN
Unique ID: FAKL-03C19E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Early Medieval, copper alloy, pin, head globular (oblate) and covered with 2.2mm diameter annulets, cut with a ring cutter. There is a collar between the head and the truncated shank. Condition poor. Length 11.8mm, Head diameter 9.0mm, Shank Diameter 2.3mm, Mass 2.20g. Haldenby (Finds Research Group datasheet 44) saw this type of pin as becoming more common after the Viking conquest of Yorkshire in 867.
Class: Globular
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.8 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
Diameter: 9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 332
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haldenby, D. | 2012 | Early Medieval Collared Pins (Datasheet 44) | York | Finds Research Group AD700-1700 |
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