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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-7BD83D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy pin dating to the early medieval period (AD 800 - AD 900). The pin head is large and biconical in shape, with a flattened top. There is a collar below the head and a very short section of shaft has survived.
The metal is worn and mid green in colour. The pin is 19.0 mm long, 14.6 in diameter and weighs 10.8 g.
A typology for early medieval pins has been synthesised by Haldenby (2012). This example falls into the biconical type (Haldenby 2012, 6).
Reference:
Haldenby, D., 2012 Early Medieval Collared Pins York: Finds Research Group AD 700-1700: Datasheet 44.
Class: biconical
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: 19 mm
Weight: 10.8 g
Diameter: 14.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT: E05764
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hartlepool (Unitary Authority)
District: Hartlepool (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hart (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ4734
Four figure Latitude: 54.69884405
Four figure longitude: -1.27225065
1:25K map: NZ4734
1:10K map: NZ43SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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