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PIN
Unique ID: WILT-147EB1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete undatable copper alloy pin, missing the tip of its shank. The shank is bent. Measures 40.54mm long (bent) and weighs 2.39g,
The head is rectangular in shape and square in cross-section with rounded corners (7.80x5.57x5.45mm), and a worn collar where it joins the shank (2.49mm in diameter, narrowing to 1.91mm at old break).
Similarly rectangular-headed bone pins of later Roman date (c.AD 250 onwards) but with cut triangles at the corner are recorded from Colchester (Crummy, 1983: 22-23), although Crummy notes that percentages of this type of pin is much lower elsewhere in the country.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.54 mm
Width: 5.57 mm
Thickness: 5.45 mm
Weight: 2.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Thursday 29th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3764
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Marlborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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