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NLM-434467: Early Medieval Pin

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PIN

Unique ID: NLM-434467

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

Copper alloy pin fragment. Cast pin with biconvex head with a narrow flattened medial band; no collar, round section shank of apparently unvaried diameter of 2mm, cf. Flixborough type 320. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850.

Length: 20.2mm, Diameter (head): 9.4mm, Weight: 2.47gms

Class: cf. Flixborough type 320

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
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.2 mm
Weight: 2.47 g
Diameter: 9.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 21st October 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM34240

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Torksey

Spatial coordinates


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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

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

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