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PIN
Unique ID: FAKL-5C00F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy pin, flat disc-like head with a central 2.8mm diamer hole. Around this is a ring of eight similar holes, three of which are now broken. The holes are hour-glass shaped, narrowing towards their mid point suggesting that they were drilled from both faces of the disc. Also around the central hole is a ring of seven drilled indentations, these are conical and of varied diameters, around 1.0mm. The back of the disc is plain but for a single 0.9mm indentation, the disc section thickness increases from 0.6mm at the distal edge to 2.2mm where it meets the shaft. This junction is marked by small stepped shoulders, the shaft is truncated and has a diameter of 2.2mm. It appears that the pin was shaped by filing and cutting the metal. Some loss of surface has occurred.
Class: Disc headed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Post AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.3 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Diameter: 15.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 037
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Driffield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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