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HAIR PIN
Unique ID: SF-85A92D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman hair pin, dating to AD 43-410. The head is conical and the shaft has an oval cross-section. The shaft breaks at 15.07 mm from the base of the head. It is dotted and it has a recession on the side of the shaft, where it meets the head, formed by a different use.
It belongs to Group 1 in Cool (1990, p 152, fig. 1, no. 6).
Length: 19.93 mm
Width of the head: 8.08 mm
Thickness of the shaft: 2.62 mm
Weight: 1.44 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.93 mm
Width: 8.08 mm
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 1.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: EKE 063
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 395
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Eyke
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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