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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-BB18F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy pin with silver plating and dating to the Early Medieval period. There is a raised collar at the base of the bulbous head. The head was possibly once facetted, now worn and dented out of shape. The pin's shank has a circular section and is truncated.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 6.36 g
Diameter: 10.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th August 2007 - Monday 27th August 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Snape with Thorp (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2684
Four figure Latitude: 54.251026
Four figure longitude: -1.60246
1:25K map: SE2684
1:10K map: SE28SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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