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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-4B68C9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 700 - 900. The pin comprises a spherical head and small portion of the shaft. The head is decorated with spiralling grooves, a type known informally as 'wrythen-headed'. The shaft extends from the base of the head and is circular in section. A worn collar is present at the junction between the head and shaft.
The metal has a dark green/brown delaminated patina. The pin is 24.8mm long, 11.1mm in diameter at the head and 2.1mm in diameter at the shaft, and weighs 3.5g.
Similar pins have been recorded as IOW-69931B and YORYM-89C104.
Early Medieval collared pins have been classified by Haldenby (2012, p.7, fig. 11). This type is found in the north though are more common below the Humber with concentrations in Lincolnshire, East Anglia and Southampton.
References:
Haldenby, D. (2012) Early Medieval Collared Pins York: Finds Research Group AD 700-1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.8 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 11.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05971
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Asselby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7228
Four figure Latitude: 53.74341609
Four figure longitude: -0.90978807
1:25K map: SE7228
1:10K map: SE72NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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