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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-990297
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin head of early-medieval date. The pin head is bi-conical with a median ridge and tapers to where the shaft would have been. The shaft of the pin no longer remains and the break is very worn.
The metal has a dark brownish-green patina and is worn.
The pin is 10.9mm long, 8.1mm wide and weighs 1.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.9 mm
Width: 8.1 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: North Duffield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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