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PIN
Unique ID: SOM-3F233A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy and gilded dress-pin with filigree and granulated ornament dating to AD1500 - 1600. The pin shaft is missing.
The head is hollow and spherical, 13.6 mm in diameter. It is made up of two hemispheres joined at a transverse seam masked by a double-stranded band of applied twisted wire. Both hemispheres are decorated with three applied circles of twisted wire, containing a central pellet surrounded by three further, equally spaced, circles. There is an applied pellet between each larger circle, with a small applied cirle of wire in each spandrel. There is an applied pellet at the apex of the pin head, with a truncated stub of the lost pin projecting from the opposite side. There are traces of gilding visible on the surface. The height of the pin head is 14.5mm and it weighs 1.63g.
Similar pins made of silver gilt are relatively commonly reported through the treasure process, see SOM-66CE77 and SOM-CD8CD7, amongst others, however gilt copper alloy examples are also known, e.g. SOM-48704D.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.5 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Diameter: 13.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Monday 9th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019933
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Urchfont (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0556
Four figure Latitude: 51.30310049
Four figure longitude: -1.92966281
1:25K map: SU0556
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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