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PIN
Unique ID: BH-9CDA07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of middle Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date.
The head of the pin is polyhedral, taking the form of a cuboid with truncated corners. The four angled outer sides each have a longitudinal central ridge separating two sloping faces. On each of the two largest faces is a regular arrangement of five punched ring-and-dot marks. Apart from the lozenge-shaped upper surface, each of the other faces is decorated with a single ring-and-dot mark. The central depressions within each mark appear to contain a white material which may be a corroded glass paste. A moulded collar is located at the top of the shaft, the latter of which is of circular cross-section and probably incomplete. The object measures 18.1mm long, 10.5mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The weight is 3.81g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 10.5 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 3.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th January 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 10/2 - 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Princes Risborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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