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PIN
Unique ID: LIN-6D9CF0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Anglo-saxon pin. The head is a faceted rectangular prism, decorated on the side and top facets with a single ring and dot motif, and on the two main faces with three ring and dot motis. The shaft has a collar and 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: 15 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Louth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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