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BUCKLE
Unique ID: IOW-F2802C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy buckle pin (c. 460-c. 600).
This tapering pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat on the underside. The upper face has transverse grooves and ridges and the pin-tip is turned down. It has a flat back. On the underside there is a stub of an integral loop.
This object, including the break, has a brown patina.
Length: 25.8mm; width: 9.0mm; thickness: 5.5mm; thickness including stub: 7.6mm. Weight: 4.55g.
Class: Pin
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 450
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.8 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm
Weight: 4.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th June 2015 - Sunday 14th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-2-288
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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