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PIN

Unique ID: NMS-40015C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Incomplete early medieval Middle Saxon copper alloy pin dating to the period c. AD 750 - 850. The shank is missing. It has a worn, undecorated cuboid polyhedral head 9sub-rectangular with the corners cut off). Below, it tapers to a worn, pointed break.

See: NMS-A3A314; NMS-CD2C91 & NMS-BC8F58 for similar examples recorded on the database.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 9.1 mm
Width: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 1.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016 - Wednesday 22nd June 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 61246
Other reference: IND23062016ED

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Near Diss

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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