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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-29B0B3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin of Roman date. The pin is of Crummy's Type 3 in which the head is bi-conical in form with a pointed top and flat circumferential ridge. The base of the head tapers into the shaft which has a circular section and terminates in a worn break.
The metal has a light brownish-green patina and is worn. The pin is 54.4mm long, 6.9mm in diameter and weighs 7.9g.
A similar pin is illustrated in Crummy, p.29, fig.474, no.480 and dates to 1st - 4th century AD.
Class: Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.4 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
Diameter: 6.9 mm
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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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Ebberston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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