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PIN
Unique ID: IOW-74D35A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy spherical-headed pin (700-900).
The tip of the shaft is missing.
The head is slightly flattened at the top and on the four sides and the underside is an inverted cone shape. It has five ring-and-dot motifs, one at the top and one on each main side. Between the head and shaft there is a small collar, 1.5mm in diameter at the top and 1.1mm at the break.
This pin is green and has patches of a darker green patina.
Length: 37.0mm; width of head: 6.4mm; thickness of head: 6.4mm; height of head: 7.0mm. Weight: 1.97g.
The presence of a collar suggests this pin is Saxon rather than Roman (Geake 2001:38).
The design is typically Middle Anglo-Saxon and there are close parallels from the Hamwic site at Southampton (Hinton 1996: p. 20, nos. 24/24, 31/672 and 32/420).
Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished.
Hinton, D. A., 1996. The Gold, Silver and Other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects from Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence. Stroud
Class: Spherical-headed
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Exactly AD 700
Date to: Exactly AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 6.4 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 1.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th June 2018 - Tuesday 19th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-5-20
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 38 | ||||
| Hinton, D.A. | 1996 | Southampton Finds: The Gold, Silver and Other Non-Ferrous Alloy Objects From Hamwic, and the Non-Ferrous Metalworking Evidence | Stroud | Sutton Publishing Ltd | 20 | 24/24, 31/672 and 32/420 |
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