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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-83293A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy pin of middle Early-Medieval date. All that remains is the circular head of the pin with a very short section of rectangular shaft projecting from one edge. The upper surface of the pin head is decorated with five ring and dot designs, one centrally and one at each quarter. Three concentric irregularly spaced incised rings are also present towards the edge of the head. The reverse is flat and undecorated. A single perforation is present between two of the ring and dot designs to the left of the shaft close to the rim.
The metal has a dark brown patina and is worn. The pin is 24.8mm long, 20.7mm wide, 1.2mm thick and weighs 1.9g.
Similar, though more elaborately decorated, examples have been recorded on the PAS database as SUR-BD3980, SWYOR-72E1D5 and NLM-028751.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.8 mm
Width: 20.7 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Preston Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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