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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-B4BCAC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy pin fragment. Cast pin head, of flat-sided facetted form with stamped ring and dot decoration of its larger faces, possibly four per face, with a collar below the head and the short tapered stub of a shank; possibly Flixborough type 240. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850.
Length: 17.6mm, Width: 7.2mm, Shank Diameter: 1.2mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 1.73gms.
Class: possibly Flixborough type 240
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.6 mm
Width: 7.2 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 1.73 g
Diameter: 1.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27605
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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