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PIN
Unique ID: SWYOR-41CD83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Part of a copper alloy probable Iron Age ring-headed pin dating from about 800 BC - AD 42. The artefact is probably part of the decorative head of a ring-headed pin, but no parallel for one of this design has been identifed.
The object consists of two circular, shallow concave discs connected at the apexes by an integral sub-rectangular sectioned arch of copper alloy. One disc is slightly larger than the other (12.3mm and 10.8mm in diameter). They may have contained some other material, such as coral or enamel, though no trace of such material remains. A further short, rectangular protrusion, now broken, projects from the reverse of one disc, suggesting that the pin shaft continued here. There is no surface decoration. The object is 32.1mm long, 12.3mm wide and 15.6mm thick. It weighs 5gm. The metal has a smooth light green patina which is well developed.
If it is a ring-headed pin, it is similar in design to the pin from Beaghmore in Ireland (Raftery 1983, 1083, fig. 139, no 428, cited in Becker, 2008). However, there, 4 dishes at a time are joined in cruciform arrangements, and it has a finer finish. Nonethless, unique designs of ring-headed pins are known, and the style does appear to be Iron Age.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Class: ring-headed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 700 BC
Date to: Circa AD 42
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.1 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 15.6 mm
Weight: 5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2014 - Monday 30th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2216
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Collingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3844
Four figure Latitude: 53.89079482
Four figure longitude: -1.42329733
1:25K map: SE3844
1:10K map: SE34SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker, K. | 2008 | Iron Age Ring-Headed Pins in Ireland and Britain and on the Continent | Mainz | Verlag des R | 514 | figure 1, number 4 |
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