A complete early early-medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper-alloy pin from Type F penannular brooch, dating to the period 410-700. The pin's loop is in the form of a hollow cylindrical or drum-shaped element, presumably cast as one with the shaft. The loop is circular in cross-section and measures 8.41mm in diameter and 11.07mm in length. It is 1.89mm thick. There are prominent rims at either open end, a wide furrow next to each and at the centre two ridges to either side of a raised area. Where the shaft extends from the loop, this central raised area is widest, the two ridges to either side diverging around it. However on the opposite side of the loop the ridges are parallel and the central area the same width. The pin measures 62.34mm in length and 3.02mm in width, tapering to a point. Approximately halfway down the shaft there is a slight bend.
In total, the pin measures 70.89mm in length and 11.07mm at the widest point. The weight is 5.59g. The patina is blue-green in colour, very smooth (particularly around the loop and top of the shaft) and worn along the lower shank.
Leahy (2000, p71) suggests that bends such as these in pins were deliberate, and relate to the way in which they were worn.
With thanks to Anna Booth for the identification of this object type.
A complete early early-medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper-alloy pin from Type F penannular brooch, dating to the period 410-700. The pin's loop is in the form of a hollow cylindrical or drum-shaped element, presumably cast as one with the shaft. The loop is circular in cross-section and measures 8.41mm in diameter and 11.07mm in length. It is 1.89mm thick. There are prominent rims at either open end, a wide furrow next to each and at the centre two ridges to either side of a raised area. Where the shaft extends from the loop, this central raised area is widest, the two ridges to either side diverging around it. However on the opposite side of the loop the ridges are parallel and the central area the same width. The pin measures 62.34mm in length and 3.02mm in width, tapering to a point. Approximately halfway down the shaft there is a slight bend.
In total, the pin measures 70.89mm in length and 11.07mm at the widest point. The weight is 5.59g. The patina is blue-green in colour, very smooth (particularly around the loop and top of the shaft) and worn along the lower shank.
Leahy (2000, p71) suggests that bends such as these in pins were deliberate, and relate to the way in which they were worn.
With thanks to Anna Booth for the identification of this object type.
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HAMP-2773FB
HAMP-2773FB
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Complete
11.07
Width
70.89
Length
5.59
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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Classification of object