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PIN
Unique ID: NCL-22DD07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy pinhead of the Roman period.
The pin has an oblate spherical head on a broken, tapering shaft.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.78 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 8.78 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Sunday 7th August 2011
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Middleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9348
Four figure Latitude: 53.919802
Four figure longitude: -0.585431
1:25K map: SE9348
1:10K map: SE94NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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