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PIN
Unique ID: YORYM-530E2C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy globular headed collared pin of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1000. The pinhead is globular with five, evenly spaced ring and dot designs around its circumference and one on the flattened top. From the base of the head a circular sectioned shaft extends, tapering to a worn break. 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 24.9mm long, the head is 8.8mm in diameter, the shaft is 1.7mm in diameter and weighs 2.7g.
Collared pins with ring-and-dot decoration are a common find from Middle-Saxon England, and have been placed in a typology by Haldenby (2012) in which he supports a 9th to 10th 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
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.9 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 8.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06243
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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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