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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-946508
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy pin dating to the middle Anglo-Saxon period. The pin consists of the head and part of the upper shaft. The head is biconical with a median band with no evidence of decoration. The lower half of the head tapers gently into the shaft. The shaft appears to be circular in section and appears to narrow slightly. The surface of the pin is dark reddish-brown in colour. The surface and the break appears to be fairly worn. The pin is incomplete. This pin dates to the early-medieval period. The head measures 10.9mm in width.
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.3 mm
Weight: 3.9 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Spridlington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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