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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-5708E8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy pin. head only gilt. Some cracks on pin shaft.
Length: 51.8mm, Head Width/Thickness: 5.1mm, Shank Diameter: 2.3mm
Notes:
Record card ref: 0232, also labelled 261 in pencil and 1554 in red ink.
Class: Flixborough Type 232
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
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.8 mm
Width: 5.1 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Diameter: 2.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM50396
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Scotter (Civil Parish)
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