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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-982982
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy polyhedral pin. The pinhead remains complete but the shaft is bent and broken. The entire length of the surviving pin is 30.9mm. The polyhedral head has thirteen faces in the form of a cube with the corners cur off and all faces are undecorated. The shaft has a circular section, but only a very small portion remains. Therefore it is impossible to say how long it originally was or whether is was straight or L-shaped, it is now very bent. The metal is a mid reddish-brown colour and in a poor pitted condition. These pins have been identified as being either Roman or Early-medieval.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.9 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Weight: 6.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th June 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wigginton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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stephaniesmith wrote @ 16:23:30 on the 10th March 2011.
Hi there! Garry Crace has been working on this types of items and I think it may actually be a Victorian coat hanger...:) I could be wrong though... thanks! S
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