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HAIR PIN
Unique ID: BUC-B19826
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman pin of Cool Group 6, with a button and cordon head dating to 50-150 AD. The pin has a button shaped knob head with two grooves cut into the top of the shank underneath the head. The shank then decends and narrows, before ending in a slightly curved and worn break. The shank is circular in cross section. The pin measures 27.6mm in length, 7.9mm in width, and weighs 2.00g.
Cool 1990, page 158, number 3.
Notes:
The main distribution of these pins is found in the East of England, and are rarer in the West. Cool 1990, page 157.
Class: Cool 1990, Group 6
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.6 mm
Width: 7.9 mm
Weight: 2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd October 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4791
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7434
Four figure Latitude: 51.99952076
Four figure longitude: -0.92351544
1:25K map: SP7434
1:10K map: SP73SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cool, H.E.M. | 1991 | Roman metal hair pins from southern Britain 158 | London | Royal Archaeological Institute | page 158, | number 3. |
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