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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-90C4DD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The pinhead is polyhedral, with a single ring and dot decoration on each of the four main sides.
From the base of the head a circular sectioned shaft extends, tapering to a worn point. A worn raised collar is present at the junction between the head and the shaft.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The pin is 25.9mm long, the head is 7.1mm x 3.2mm wide, the shaft is 2.1mm in diameter and weighs 1.2g.
Polyhedral-headed pins with ring-and-dot decoration are a common find from Middle-Saxon England, and have been placed in a typology of collared pins by Haldenby (2012) in which he supports a 9th century date.
Ref: Haldenby, D. (2017). Early-Medieval 'Collared' Pins (FRG Datasheet 44). Sleaford: The Finds Research Group AD 700-1700.
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 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.9 mm
Width: 7.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 2.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05716
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Folkton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0779
Four figure Latitude: 54.19560414
Four figure longitude: -0.36142506
1:25K map: TA0779
1:10K map: TA07NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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