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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-E889B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper-alloy pin head of early medieval date (c. 800 - 900 AD). The pin head is very worn and the original surface is largely obscured. The pin head is largely globular in shape with a flat top and facetted sides. The object has a patchy green and brown patina. It is 11.30mm in length with a diameter of 7.88mm. It weighs 2.55g.
Pins of this type have been found in strong contexts dating to the early medieval period. This type is typical of the ninth century. See West, A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk, p. 246, fig. 128, no. 5; Haldenby, Early Medieval Collared Pins, Datasheet 44.
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 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.3 mm
Weight: 2.55 g
Diameter: 7.88 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E05653
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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)
Parish or ward: Cottam (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9766
Four figure Latitude: 54.08079308
Four figure longitude: -0.5188166
1:25K map: SE9766
1:10K map: SE96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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