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PIN
Unique ID: HAMP-FE1957
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A slightly corroded but complete copper-alloy pin of early-medieval date. The head is roughly biconical with a flattened top on which there is an incised cross design. It has a maximum dia. of 6.85mm and a height of 6.1mm. It is decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs in two rows. Below the head there is a collar which is characteristic of Middle Anglo-Saxon pins (Geake 2001, 39). The shaft is circular in cross-section and 2.3mm in diameter below the head. With a length of 25.6mm the shaft is straight, before tapering and bending through approximately 140 degrees to the pin's tip. The pin has corroded to a mid/light-green colour and survives well. It can be classified as Hinton's (1996, 20; fig. 8) Type Ac.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 650
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.1 mm
Width: 6.8 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th October 2011 - Thursday 19th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3235
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Thruxton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 39 | ||||
| Hinton, D.A. | 1996 | Southampton Finds: The Gold, Silver and Other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects From Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence | Stroud | Sutton Publishing Ltd | 20 | 8 |
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