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PIN
Unique ID: LIN-AC59C0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pin dating to the eighth or ninth century. The pin has a biconical head with a median band. The band is decorated with four recessed dots; the upper hemisphere is decorated with five dots and the lower with four. A small collar is located below the head; the shank is incomplete.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Diameter: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: South Lincolnshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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