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PIN
Unique ID: SUSS-7EB065
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy pin, dating to the Roman period. The pin has a rounded head with a flat base, which then tapers underneath into a narrow pin shaft. The shaft is swollen part the way down. The head is undecorated. The shaft is bent. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and the original patina survives and is smooth, but quite pitted.
Notes:
Found by a detectorist in 1984. Collection handed to amateur archaeologist as the finder moved abroad.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 88.25 mm
Weight: 5.06 g
Diameter: 8.31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 13th July 1984
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Beddingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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